USC, UCLA Tie in National Academic Rankings
It's been a tough rivalry in recent years for USC and UCLA. We're not talking about football. We're talking about the annual U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. In 2012 the L.A. schools...
View ArticleL.A. Is the Friendliest Big City in America for College Students
Readers of Travel + Leisure think Los Angeles is one of the world's unfriendliest cities. "While the city is filled with good-looking people," the publication says, "many of them come off as...
View ArticleUCLA Gets More Applications Than Any Other U.S. College
UCLA isn't the best school in America, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges list. It tied with USC for number 24 on the list. It is, however, the most popular university...
View ArticleL.A. Is Still Home to the World's Best University
U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges list says the top academic school in L.A. is ranked 10th nationally. It's Caltech. The U.K. publication Times Higher Education begs to differ in its...
View ArticleFlea and Anthony Kiedis Announce Benefit Concert for Silverlake Conservatory
Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced a special benefit event for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, taking place Saturday, Oct. 17. The dinner gala, concert and art...
View ArticleA Beverly Hills Ex-Principal Sued the School Board and Won. Now He Wants to...
In his 2014 memoir, Carter Paysinger describes his 1972 trip at age 14 to Beverly Hills High School as "the most important day of my life." "Where I lived, in South Central Los Angeles, we had...
View ArticleOn the Eastside, Will.i.am is Helping L.A.'s Smartest Girl Build Cool Robotics
In the high school circles of L.A.'s Eastside, Cynthia Erenas is something of a poster child for the growing national movement behind ramping up STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, Math) in public...
View ArticleLet's All Watch David Geffen Light His Money on Fire
At 72, David Geffen is in a mad race against time to secure his immortal renown. The multibillionaire, who already has his name affixed to a medical school, a playhouse and a museum of contemporary...
View ArticleOccidental Occupiers Demand College President's Resignation
The wave of diversity protests that started at the University of Missouri and reached Claremont McKenna College, where top administrators were forced out of their offices, has now reached President...
View ArticleWhy Charter School Teachers Are Split on Unionization
At first, Albert Chu liked teaching at the Alliance charter school. A former engineer, he had worked in public schools for a couple years before being hired to teach at the Collins Family College Ready...
View ArticleSchools All Closed in Los Angeles Due to Terrorist Threat Emailed to LAUSD...
City News Service and FOX News are reporting that all Los Angeles Unified School District schools will stay closed today in response to a reported bomb threat, Schools Superintendent Ramon Cortines...
View ArticleGuy Who Made Decision to Shut Down LAUSD Schools Didn't Even Work There
At a late afternoon press conference on Tuesday, the mayor and police chief of Los Angeles were eager to point out that the decision to shut down more than 900 schools following a terrorist threat...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Influential People in Los Angeles in 2015
2015 was a big year for billionaires in Los Angeles. Eli Broad opened a new museum on Grand Avenue. David Geffen sprinkled more of his money around, donating $100 million to UCLA for a new private...
View ArticleL.A. School District Will Be Broke By 2020 Unless Drastic Cuts Are Made
Which has a better long-term fiscal outlook: L.A.'s print newspapers or its school district? A report released in November and recently obtained by the Weekly (which is to say, we finally got around to...
View ArticleLet's Talk About (Animal) Sex With the L.A. Zoo's Curator
It may have soothed the nerves of the landscaper who fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo yesterday to learn that male gorillas have incredibly small penises. Seriously, like the size...
View ArticleCan Superintendent Michelle King Save LAUSD?
The search committee for a new superintendent of Los Angeles Unified promised to look far and wide for the most qualified candidate to lead the nation’s second-largest school district. But in the end,...
View ArticleAs GOP Candidates Vow to Block Syrians, USC Offers Scholarships to Them
Republican presidential candidates have been falling all over each other to declare their support for blocking the arrival of refugees from war-torn Syria. Sen. Ted Cruz has called for a freeze on...
View ArticleA Lit Club at Venice High School Is Transforming Students Harmed by Mass...
Bianca Lopez, a now-former student at Venice High School, had never spoken about her brother before. “I was scared I would be judged,” she said. Her brother had been gone for six-and-a-half years,...
View ArticleL.A. Is One of America's Most Expensive Cities for College Housing
Of course L.A. is one of America's most expensive cities when it comes to college-area housing. It's one of the most expensive rental cities in America, period. Unfortunately, for young people already...
View ArticleA Food Waste Warrior Is Making Snacks With Recycled Fruit and Vegetable Pulp
Kaitlin Mogentale’s Pop-Tarts-inspired invention has little in common with the buttery, jam-stuffed toaster pastries. Her recipe consists of gluten-free dough made with carrots and coconut oil, and a...
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