For nearly 30 minutes, embattled schools safety director Hamid Arabzadeh voiced the most explosive allegations heard in school-district headquarters for some time. He talked of district employees being on the take, of widespread mismanagement by district officials and of safety lapses that could well cost lives. School-board members listened intently,......

Here's a good example of the law of unintended consequences. You may have read how U.S. District Judge Ronald Lew's decision earlier this month that halted grading at the future Playa Vista site actually applies only to 16.1 acres of "permitted area" - that is, an area in which no......

The L. A. Unified school district's controversial "Ebonics" curriculum for black students has fared poorly in a preliminary evaluation, according to data obtained by the Weekly. Results of the evaluation, which were initially suppressed by Ebonics proponents within the district, indicate that a sample of students actually regressed in language......

The story of community activist Michael Taylor's life and death - of his rise from L.A.'s Skid Row to the broadcast booth at KPFK 90.7 FM, of his ill-fated venture into micro-radio and his execution-style murder - reached some kind of closure this week. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury......

JERUSALEM - When Jericho was flooded this past October, Saeb Erakat, the head of the Palestinian negotiating team and a member of the Palestinian legislature from Jericho, received no calls of concern from Israeli colleagues. His daughter, however, received 23 calls from her Israeli friends whom she had met at......