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USC Student Workers Begin Voting To Form Union

Starting today, 3,000 USC graduate student workers will decide whether or not to unionize.

At Local Universities, An Effort To Better Understand Love In All Its Forms

A lot of people don’t see themselves fitting into the ideal of a monogamous couple that prioritizes romance and sex.

Hearts of different sizes and colors used for invitation to Palentine's Day event.

What Little We Know About That $2B Lottery Winner And Why Money Going To Schools Has An Asterisk

Here's how the California Lottery allocates the money that doesn't go to the winner.

After A Year Leading Los Angeles Unified, Carvalho Faces Challenges To Improve Learning

As Superintendent Alberto Carvalho hits his one-year mark at Los Angeles Unified, he's succeeded in reducing absenteeism and slowing enrollment drops. But some parents want him to engage more with community.

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho stands at a clear lectern with a microphone in front of a portable screen with the letters "LAUSD" printed in red and blue. He wears a navy suit, a light blue tie, and a white collared shirt. His hair is neatly slicked to one side. A woman in a white skirt and a dark blazer stands off to one side with her hands folded in front of her, and she's holding a brochure. Both have a light or olive complexion.

As LAUSD Staff Workers Vote To Strike, They Remember Management Calling Them 'Heroes'

Members of the 15,000-member union that represents custodians, cafeteria workers, aides, and other employees at the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to go on strike after negotiations hit an impasse.

A custodian at Brainard Avenue Elementary in Lake View Terrace cleans a door handle on April 13, 2021, the campus' first day hosting students since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here's How You Can Influence Who Will Be The Next CSU Chancellor

A new California State University chancellor is expected to be selected by July. The chancellor is selected by university trustees, but the public does have some influence.

A man with a suit jacket holds a paper and talks at a microphone at a meeting of those sitting in a board room.

Long Beach City College Is Testing The Waters On Expanded Child Care

The on-campus pilot program includes homework help, music, and sports.

Three 14-year-old students sit at a table with drum pads and drum sticks in a music session at LBCC.

All This Trauma Is Adding Up. How A New Generation Is Finding Ways To Persevere And Find Hope

Students at East Los Angeles College held a vigil this week to honor the victims of a mass shooting in Monterey Park. They're focused on how to convert the trauma into a wake-up call.

A group gathers around a tree in a campus quad holding candles. The trees are uplit as it is evening and a brick column with a large E on it

Food, Shelter, Gas: How Long Beach City College Is Addressing Basic Needs For Students

The college's basic needs services started small in 2019 but is growing rapidly, setting an example for others in Southern California.

Two men and one young woman stand in the canned foods section of a food pantry, all wearing LBCC black sweatshirts and smiling.

How 4 Words Upended A University's Journalism Program, And Stirred A Reckoning Over Race

Anti-Latino slurs were published on the cover of a CSU student newspaper in October. The painful incident led to protests and soul searching at the mostly Latino campus.

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