By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
The L.A. Unified campus reopens with a mostly new staff as the district attempts to address the campus' historically dismal academic results. But the approach has its critics.
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times
The groups assert that the university's reaction has been too weak. University chief Mark G. Yudof says the groups may be basing their responses on an unreliable sampling of student opinion.
By Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times
Locals and nonresidents alike gather along Santa Monica's Main Street on Sunday to watch the parade. Heal the Bay, a nonprofit environmental organization, was the parade's grand marshal.