Police are looking for two men who robbed three teenagers and sexually assaulted a fourth as the victims walked home from Los Alamitos High School yesterday. The two men, who are described as African-American and in their 20s, started their crime spree at about 2:45 p.m. by walking up to a 15-year-old boy, pretending to have a weapon, and then demanding his cell phone. more ›

Any Eddie Van Halen fans out there should consider pulling a Drew Barrymore in "Never Been Kissed" and heading back to high school -- the legendary rocker donated 75 of his own used electric guitars to schools around Los Angeles. more ›

Tubas throughout the Southland are sounding a sad song following the recent string of tuba thefts at local high schools. Bandits have recently struck South Gate High School, Centennial High School in Compton and Huntington Park High School, escaping with thousands of dollars in tubas. more ›

A group of kids accused of selling drugs at their high school are about to learn a lesson the hard way -- 24 students were arrested yesterday in a raid, reports KTLA. Twelve of the teenagers taken into custody were from Vista De Lago High School in Moreno Valley, and the other twelve were from Elsinore High School in Wildomar. more ›

Is it wrong for a girl to be king? Since Rebecca Arellano and Haileigh Adams were crowned homecoming king and queen last week at Patrick Henry High School in San Diego, the school has been flooded with hate mail and disturbing calls. more ›

Griffen Kramer, a backup quarterback for Thousand Oaks High School and son of former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer, was found dead on Sunday morning in Agoura Hills. The cause of death is still under investigation, but officials believe the 18-year-old football player may have died from alcohol poisoning. more ›

A fire that broke out this afternoon in Ventura County has damaged two structures, reports NBC Los Angeles. The blaze was near Moorpark High School, around 4550 Tierra Rejada Road. It's not clear what the structures were, if they were homes, businesses or other buildings, but NBC reports that no one was injured. more ›

A young man who made online threats against a Riverside County high school has been arrested, reports KTLA. Omar Zepeda Garcia, 20, allegedly posted about his intentions to do something violent to Jurupa Valley High School. The Press-Enterprise notes that the threats were made in a chat room. T more ›

After one of its students was stabbed to death by her boyfriend during lunchtime on campus, the Los Angeles Unified School District is finally — after a decade in the works —expanding its program to tackle teen violence. On Tuesday, the board passed a $2 million program aimed at preventing teen violence, according to ABC 7. more ›

A student at South East High School in South Gate is in critical condition after a boy stabbed her during lunch break today. Four people who stepped in to rescue the girl, including a school dean, were also injured. The stabbing attack happened today after 11 a.m. and the school was temporarily locked down until 1 p.m., according to KCAL. 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 ›

More 10th graders passed their California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) this year than ever before, according to LAUSD. In a statement, LAUSD officials said that in the 2010-2011 school year, 65 percent of 10th graders passed the exam, which they are required to take in order to receive a high school diploma. The number is up from 62 percent last year, and has gone almost steadily up since the test was first required in 2004-2005 and just 44 percent of students passed. more ›

Another day, another teacher accused of having sex with one of their students. In a statement, LAPD announced that Van Nuys area detectives arrested 29-year-old Gazi Kabir, a history teacher at Van Nuys’ Montclair College Preparatory School, last Thursday after he was accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Kabir allegedly went to the girl's house "for sexual activity," according to the statement, when she was home alone. more ›

Palos Verdes High School is considering bringing a drug-sniffing dog in once a week with the hopes of preventing kids from bringing in illegal substances, reports the Daily Breeze. The idea will be presented to parents at a meeting tonight. Principal Chris Bowles received the go-ahead from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified school board to explore the possibility recently. more ›

A former OC student was found guilty on Monday of breaking into Tesoro High School in Las Flores to change grades on his college transcript and to steal Advanced Placement tests. Omar Shahid Khan, now 21, had pleaded guilty to several felonies, including commercial burglary and altering public records, reports KTLA. more ›

A coach at Bernstein High in Hollywood faces charges after allegedly assaulting a student in a locker room on Feb. 28. Charged with felony assault, 33-year-old Jorge Chavez was arrested on March 1 and released the same day on $50,000 bail, reports the LA Times. more ›

The ordinary qualities of West LA's University High School are what make it an extraordinary filming location, reports CBS News. The school's football field got its closeup with Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner in "Valentine's Day," actor Owen Wilson walked the halls in the "Drillbit Tayor" and the Jonas Brothers rocked a Target ad in the gym. more ›

More high school students attending LAUSD schools are dropping out before graduating, according to the Daily News. However, figures compiled by the LAUSD show there are more dropouts, but by a decreasing rate, as opposed to what's reported in figures released by the California Department of Education. more ›

45 firefighters were sent to Pierce College this afternoon where 12 people were injured at a high school track meet. A majority of the patients were sent to the hospital, said LAFD spokesperson Erik Scott over the phone. Authorities were alerted shortly before 4 p.m. Temperatures in the area were in the low 90s at the time. more ›

The immediate area around North Hollywood High School has been shut down by the LAPD after a suspicious package was reported to them this morning. At 6:12 a.m., police received a call from LAUSD police officers who found a box with wires coming out of it at the front entrance. more ›

If you've ever given or sought consolation for receiving an A- instead of an A, you'll feel right at home in Whiz Kids. The documentary, which opens this weekend at Laemmle's Music Hall, charts three teen scientists as they prepare for the Intel Science Talent Search, high school's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. There's a lot of hard work and a little heart break along the way, but this trio is hell-bent on forging their destinies and a new world. Harmain, raised on food stamps by a Pakistani single mother, plots human evolution by carbon-dating crocodile fossils (human fossils from the same sites are too fragile to be examined). Ana, the first in her family looking to attend college, analyzes plant root systems to increase crop yields. more ›

A charter high school in Lawndale--that city where vampires and garlic made the news earlier this year--is on the short list of schools under consideration to receive a graduation commencement speech by President Barack Obama, reports KPCC. Environmental Charter High School is one of the five to make the list out of thousands of high schools that entered the Race To the Top High School... more ›

Jesus Sanchez at The Eastsider LA points out that the city could save money by offering free admittance to high school dances instead of the $1,000 reward given to those who tip off officials to taggers that are successfully prosecuted. At Eagle Rock High School, three taggers have been turned in by fellow students, who received free tickets. We'd argue that if more teens new about the $1,000 reward, the tagger culture would suffer a major blow. more ›

Crenshaw High's Cougars were undefeated--until last night, after facing Concord's De La Salle in the CIF state championship Open Division bowl game at the Home Depot Center. There was a lot of buzz following the Cougars, since they seemed like the little team that could from an unlikely neighborhood--the kind of fodder that inspires heartwarming Disney fare about triumph over adversity. more ›

Police are currently searching a Hollywood neighborhood after an after-school shooting near Helen Bernstein High School. At 1:55 p.m., police received a call about shots fired on the 1300 block of North Wilton Place. A 16-year-old girl was shot in the hip area, according to police. LAUSD officials say she is in stable condition. more ›

Larry Doyle’s 2007 novel I Love You, Beth Cooper is getting a bit of play right now because of the just-released Chris Columbus movie with Heroes hottie Hayden Panettiere attached. In the film, she plays head cheerleader Beth Cooper and object of affection for valedictorian-debate captain Denis Cooverman. And while the movie is getting “mixed” reviews (11% on Rotten Tomatoes right now!), we’re probably going to skip the movie for different reasons. Reading Doyle’s book brought us back to high school--for better or worse--and we’ve already cast our own roles. Who didn’t know a dorky guy in love with someone outside of his caste system? Who needs Hollywood to help us fill in the blanks? more ›

Remember these people at the Oscars? It's the infamous Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church and they are protesting various locations in Los Angeles tomorrow including Fairfax High School, a Jewish temple, a community center and the Anti-Defamation League's headquarters, according to the LA Times. more ›

After years of gang-related activity around Fremont High School in South LA, the state and city filed an injunction last Friday, seeking to restrict four gangs from the area for the majority of the day. “These brutally violent street gangs have indiscriminately terrorized students who simply wanted to travel to and from school,” said Attorney General Brown, who filed the case with LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. “This first-of-its-kind injunction would create a gang-free zone around Fremont High School that shields students from violence, intimidation and drug trafficking.” more ›

Cuts to education are affecting, and will continue to affect, students at all levels here in California. From increased class sizes, teacher layoffs, program cuts, eliminating most summer school offerings at public K-12 schools, and enrollment caps or freezes, program cuts, and fewer courses offered at colleges and universities, the problems begin in Kindergartens and carry through each and every public school, college, and university classroom, and last beyond graduation, as students lucky enough to get in and get out face enormous debt. more ›