Tag: Los Angeles

From left, Union President Alex Caputo-Pearl, Austin Beutner, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti listen to questions during a news conference after a tentative deal was reached Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, between school officials and the teachers union that will allow educators to return to classrooms after a six-day strike against the nation's second-largest district.

Weeklong Los Angeles teacher strike to end after deal struck in all-night negotiating session

Sean Higgins · January 22, 2019 7:39 pm

Educators rally as a strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District entered its fifth day outside City Hall in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Clashes over pay, class sizes, and support-staff levels in the district led to its first strike in 30 years and prompted the staffing of classrooms with substitute teachers and administrators.

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Suspend negotiations with the Los Angeles teachers union

Tom Rogan · January 22, 2019 4:38 pm

Teachers, parents, and students picket under the rain downtown Los Angeles on Friday.

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The Los Angeles teacher strike has a huge problem: Pensions

Daniel DiSalvo · January 18, 2019 8:50 pm

United Teachers Los Angeles president and teacher, Alex Caputo-Pearl, center at podium, announces the nation's second-largest school district will go on strike at a news conference in Los Angeles, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. With no new discussions scheduled, pickets are likely to begin Monday at 7 a.m. PST as teachers stand firm on sticking points including higher pay and smaller class sizes. Schools will stay open if a walkout happens. The district, with 640,000 students, has hired hundreds of substitutes to replace teachers and others who leave for picket lines.

Estimated 30,000 Los Angeles teachers go on strike

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2019 4:20 pm

In this Sept. 22, 2010 file photo Ed Buck makes a campaign appearance in Los Angeles.

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The Buck stops here: Punishing the power players of West Hollywood

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 11, 2019 6:57 pm

Parents and teachers hold signs while talking to reporters outside Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Los Angeles.

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Why the Los Angeles teachers union must be broken

Tom Rogan · January 9, 2019 10:03 pm

In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, photo, thousands of teachers marched and rallied in downtown Los Angeles. Teachers in the nation's second-largest school district will go on strike next month if there's no settlement of its long-running contract dispute, union leaders said Wednesday, Dec. 19. The announcement by United Teachers Los Angeles threatens the first strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District in nearly 30 years and follows about 20 months of negotiations.

30,000 Los Angeles teachers set to go on strike Thursday

Sean Higgins · January 7, 2019 5:02 pm

Major newspapers hit by cyberattack

Naomi Lim · December 30, 2018 7:24 pm

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels' attorney, leaves federal court in New York after a hearing for Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Michael Avenatti on his critics: ‘I’m not going to let the bastards get me down. F–k the haters’

Kelly Cohen · December 3, 2018 9:44 pm

Michael Avenatti leaves the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division after being released from police custody following his arrest on a felony domestic violence charge, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Los Angeles.

Actress accuses Avenatti of pulling her across the floor, calling her an ‘ungrateful f–king bitch’

Diana Stancy Correll · November 20, 2018 8:34 pm

Michael Avenatti, the attorney and spokesperson for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, speaks to reporters outside federal court, Monday, April 16, 2018, in New York.

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Michael Avenatti tries the Jacob Wohl defense

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 15, 2018 5:42 pm

Michael Avenatti speaks to the media outside the Los Angeles Police Department after posting bail for domestic violence, Nov. 14, 2018.

Michael Avenatti: Allegation of domestic violence ‘completely bogus’

Naomi Lim · November 15, 2018 2:48 am