2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (234+ words) Why now: The loss of average daily attendance funding was the result of state audits of more than 1,000 public schools, where more than 10% of kindergartners or seventh grade students were not fully vaccinated in 2023 and 2024. After the state investigated, schools…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (810+ words) California schools lost more than $2.2 million in state funding over two years because some students did not have all the vaccinations required by state law, according to data obtained by EdSource from the California State Controller's Office." The loss of…...

19+ hour, 28+ min ago  (908+ words) Thirty years ago, Jim O'Hara Jr. woke up from a coma, unable to walk, talk or eat. An 18-wheeler had broadsided his car, leaving him, then 18 years old, with a severe brain injury, according to his father, Jim O'Hara. Doctors…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1709+ words) What was the study: Researchers analyzed health data on 460,000 teenagers in the Kaiser Permanente Health System in Northern California. The teens were followed until they were 25 years old. What was the result: They found that the teens who reported using…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (375+ words) Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children. The unprecedented findings suggest the neurological consequences of breathing smoke are more profound than previously thought. Notably, the study found…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1749+ words) The backstory: Kennedy squeaked through a narrow Senate vote to be confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, only after making a number of public and private guarantees about how he would handle vaccine funding and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (1780+ words) Walkouts across the region: By mid-afternoon, nearly 12,500 students, from more than 85 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District had walked out, according to a district spokesperson. Hundreds of students, from Pasadena and the greater San Gabriel Valley to Orange…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1118+ words) On a recent weekday morning in Los Angeles, a young mother dropped off her 2-year-old and 4-year-old at a child care center located in a neighbor's home. It was the 2-year-old's birthday, so she also brought a treat for the…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1091+ words) Children's Hospital of Orange County is now the latest Southern California medical provider to stop offering gender-affirming care, blaming investigations and escalating actions from the federal government. The hospital, as well as other hospitals in San Diego and Riverside counties…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1035+ words) This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist.If you find value in independent local reporting,make a donation to power our newsroom today. With a new grade called transitional kindergarten, there are younger kids in…...