Opinion
L.A. Unified’s Primary Promise program succeeds by providing students with individual attention in the crucial K-3 years.
Music
Stein’s Sire label was home to iconic punk and new wave acts the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders, and, most famously, to pop singer Madonna.
California
The earthquake occurred less than a mile from Danville, three miles from Castro Valley, four miles from Alamo and four miles from Dublin, Calif.
Matthew Muller, featured in the Netflix documentary ‘American Nightmare,’ was charged with another home invasion in the Bay Area, the second time in recent weeks that new crimes have been attributed to the convicted kidnapper.
Harris-Dawson has named Curren Price, John Lee and Kevin de León to some new committee posts. Those picks are drawing criticism from neighborhood leaders.
At least 117 people were arrested throughout California in connection with the theft of nearly $40,000 in merchandise, according to authorities.
Hollywood Inc.
Movies
Brad Pitt is not on social media, his team reminded fans, after a French woman said she was conned out of $800,000 by scammers posing as the A-list actor.
Matthew Muller was convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault in a 2015 case in which Vallejo police initially accused the victim and her boyfriend of making up the story of her abduction. He pleaded guilty this week in two additional cases.
Business
Instagram is introducing separate teen accounts for those under 18 as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.