Through a federal grant, California will join 43 other states in replacing oft-maligned standardized exams. With a federal award of $330 million, California and 43 other states joined Thursday to replace the much-maligned year-end English and math standardized tests with new nationwide tests that could better measure student learning and teacher performance.
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Gubernatorial candidate Brown says he can bring Californians together
At campaign stops in Oakland and City of Commerce, the Democrat says he wants to bridge Sacramento’s partisan divide, deplores rival Whitman’s ‘negativity’ and announces he will launch ads next week. A fired-up Jerry Brown previewed his general election themes in two gubernatorial campaign stops Thursday, framing the state’s present straits as a chance to bring Californians together for a common purpose.
Brown’s office reconsidering motion seeking to send Lisker back to prison
After serving 26 years for his mother’s killing, Bruce Lisker was freed last year after his conviction was overturned. The state sought this week to have him returned to prison on procedural grounds
Los Angeles Fog Warning
The National Weather Service reported late Thursday night “dense fog for coastal areas tonight into Friday morning” Los Angeles – National Weather Service – United States – California – Counties
Freeway Shooting on the Santa Monica Freeway
CHP and LAPD officers are looking for a suspect driving a white Audi in a freeway shooting that occurred late Thursday afternoon.
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Suspect arrested in WeHo fatal shootings
A suspect was arrested Monday in connection to three murders committed in a West Hollywood apartment Thursday night.
3 West Hollywood homicide victims were targeted, officials reportedly believe
Two of the men were brothers, and the third was the brother of a girl who plunged off a high-rise two years ago in what was ruled a suicide. A triple murder late Thursday night inside a West Hollywood apartment building may be tied to a robbery attempt.
3 men found shot to death in West Hollywood
Three men were found shot to death at an apartment building in West Hollywood on Thursday night, police said.
DWP to withdraw bill aimed at delaying power plant upgrades
DWP instead will enter talks with state water board over regulations affecting plants that rely heavily on seawater for cooling. The interim head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said Thursday that his agency would withdraw a bill before the Legislature designed to delay environmental upgrades to its power plants so that talks about changing those regulations can be conducted with a state panel in charge of water quality