Bullying knows no bounds, and it happens in the animal kingdom too as we witnessed last month when a wayward dolphin in Bolsa Chica was forced back into the shallow waters by her jerk pod mates. more ›

Taking a break from posting funnies to entertain his 25k+ followers, comedian Jon Lovitz recently changed his Twitter gears to combat teenage bullying. And his efforts worked. On April 3, Lovitz's childhood friend and the friend's 14-year-old daughter awoke to find anti-semitic graffiti on their Northridge front walkway, feces on their doorstep and toilet paper strung from their trees. more ›

If you caught Cartoon Network's anti-bullying video on Sunday, you undoubtedly recognized the man who introduced it: President Barack Obama. The 25-minute video, "Stop Bullying: Speak Up Special," features victims of bullying sharing their personal stories of being harassed by friends and peers. more ›

The name of the boy who jumped off the roof of a 3-story building during a busy lunch break at Crescenta Valley High School yesterday has been released. Sheriff's deputies said sophomore Drew Ferraro, 15, took a running start before leaping off a building into the quad yesterday around 12:30 pm more ›

When one of the world's biggest sperm banks announced they were no longer taking donations from redheaded men, it unleashed perhaps at first a fury of "ginger" jokes, and probably left a few gentlemen feeling unloved. Christian Lander, author of "Stuff White People Like" is a redhead. He also has an opinion piece up on CNN about the undesirability of his sperm. more ›

What were you doing when you were 12? Maybe honing your angry pre-teen demeanor, or filling out a slam book? Important stuff like that? Well, one 12-year-old is putting the rest of us to shame -- Cooper Berella of Northridge recently curated his second show for the Munky King Gallery on Melrose, around a theme of preventing bullying and cyberbullying. more ›

A member of the Santa Monica High School wrestling team said he was chained to a locker and taunted by fellow teammates with a brown dummy wearing a noose. The incident, which allegedly occurred on May 4, was reported to police last week by the boy and his mother. more ›

Lori Drew's sentencing for charges related to the precedent-setting MySpace Suicide Case has been scheduled for April 30th in Los Angeles According to Associated Press. Lori Drew, who was not present at the hearing, was convicted November 26 of three counts of accessing computers without authorization. It is believed that the suicide of 13 year-old Megan Meier was a result of Drew setting up a fake profile on MySpace of a boy who romanced and then dumped Meier in 2006. more ›

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