Adolfo Guzman-Lopez

The California Assembly has passed a bill that would significantly change the way charter schools are created.

Plenty of college athletic departments sponsor halls of fame. But the one that has just opened at the former Compton Community College is epic. Since Compton opened nearly a century ago, the college has sent teams and athletes to national championships and on to gold medals at the Olympics. This hall of fame is central to an effort to uplift the campus after a spell of mismanagement nearly a decade ago that nearly sunk the community college.

The City of Los Angeles will save money on next month’s elections by suspending its city poll worker program.

For 13 years a Latino-themed program at one of L.A.’s top theaters produced innovative work and showcased playwrights’ and actors’ talents. A new book documents that program’s rise and fall.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced on Monday that it’s purchased eight new pieces for its permanent collection. The pieces include a work of art by a Chinese conceptual artist, currently detained in China — by most accounts for his critique of his country’s human rights violations.

Data released on Monday suggests that it’s becoming harder to gain freshman admission to the public University of California — unless you live outside the state.

Hip-hop artist Nate Dogg died Tuesday after a series of strokes. The Long Beach native was part of young group of influential rap artists who used to hang out at a record store on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Martin Luther King Avenue.

At its regular meeting Tuesday, Los Angeles Unified’s board of education handed over control of about a dozen schools to groups that had responded to its “request for proposals.” It’s the second year of this so-called Public School Choice reform model. Last year, the district awarded schools to charter school companies, groups formed by school teachers and an education nonprofit started by L.A.'s mayor.

A cross section of Los Angeles civic leaders on Monday stumped for Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to raise money for public schools by extending some taxes.

Voters within the boundaries of the L.A. Unified School District will go cast ballots Tuesday for most of the seven seats on the board of education. The board’s District 1 stretches from the Palms neighborhood in West Los Angeles to Leimert Park and parts of South L.A.

The region’s top Catholic leaders and Los Angeles city officials will be in L.A.’s Westchester neighborhood Tuesday to inaugurate Loyola Marymount University’s new president, David Burcham.

Students at several Southern California universities took part Wednesday in a statewide day of protest against large proposed cuts to public higher education.