Dec 16 Watch 2:35 News Wrap: LA students return to school after threat hoax By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, public schools in Los Angeles reopened a day after officials canceled classes due to an email threat that cited bombs and guns. Also, schools all over Pakistan were closed in observance of the one year… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 3:07 Terror threat shuts down schools across Los Angeles By PBS News Hour Public schools in Los Angeles -- 1,200 in all -- were closed after a threatening email from Germany warned of mass violence, from guns to bombs to nerve gas. Officials in New York say they received a similar message, but… Continue watching
Dec 15 Threat against Los Angeles schools likely a hoax, officials say By News Desk Authorities closed all campuses Tuesday in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest school district. Continue reading
Nov 18 LA, NYC mayors announce new programs to tackle rising number of homelessness By Yena Oh On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new programs to tackle homelessness in their respective cities. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 6:59 An art collector with Broad influence opens his own museum By PBS News Hour Billionaire Eli Broad began his fortune building tract homes in the Detroit suburbs, and over the decades he and his wife also built an impressive art collection. Now the brand new Broad Museum is set to open in Los Angeles,… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch 2:17 LA mayor says 'drought shaming' is our civic duty By PBS NewsHour LA mayor says 'drought shaming' is our civic duty… Continue watching
Aug 26 Blame the improving economy for worst traffic ever in U.S. By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — More jobs and cheaper gasoline come with a big, honking downside: U.S. roads are more clogged than ever now that the recession is in the rearview mirror. Continue reading
Aug 17 Twitter account live tweets 1965 Watts Riots By Aisha Jama Today marks the last day of the Watts Riots that took place 50 years ago in south Los Angeles from August 11- August 17, 1965. To commemorate the 50th anniversary, the twitter account @wattsriots50 has been live tweeting the events… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 7:16 'Straight Outta Compton' calls out racial divide that lingers today By PBS News Hour The album "Straight Outta Compton" by rap group NWA burst onto the hip hop scene in 1988, evoking the turmoil of gang violence, crack cocaine and poverty and the tension between young black Americans and the police. A new movie,… Continue watching
Jul 29 World's first transgender modeling agency to open this summer By Amanda Gomez A Thailand-based firm, Apple Model Management, will open the world’s first modeling agency for transgender models this summer in Los Angeles. Continue reading