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A bill that would pool the research abilities of Caltech and UC Berkeley as well as create a statewide early earthquake warning system moved a step closer to the governor's desk as seismologists continue testing equipment.

The start of classes Tuesday will launch a watershed year for Los Angeles Unified as it rolls out a new curriculum, toughens its graduation requirements and launches an innovative system for dealing with disruptive students.
Related: LAUSD giving principals, teachers 'live shooter' training

Prompted by last year's massacre in Newtown, Conn., Los Angeles Unified is instructing administrators and faculty in how to keep students safe if there's a gunman on campus.
Related: Back to school means big changes, challenges at LAUSD

Students may not need a map at Diamond Bar High, but it will certainly help now that they have renumbered all the rooms at the local high school. After all, Walnut Valley Unified added a whole new math wing over the summer with 20 more classrooms.
Photo gallery: Diamond Bar High's new math building

LAS VEGAS -- Police say a Baldwin Park man is facing charges for driving under the influence for a car accident that injured himself and three others in Las Vegas.

POMONA -- A motorcyclist died Saturday following a collision with a sedan on Mission Boulevard, police said.

AZUSA -- A young man who chased after three other men who were throwing rocks at his car ended up hospitalized with serious stab wounds early Saturday, police said.

POMONA - Three men died and another was seriously wounded in three separate shootings late Saturday and early Sunday, authorities said.

Getting Twitter followers is a bit like a game of Pokemon: gotta catch 'em all.

And as the 1 percent argument goes, the more you have, the more you're going to get, said Amanda MacArthur, director of content and marketing at BuzzFarmers, a company that manages social media profiles for

In April, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised to 535,000 its estimate of the number of American children with potentially dangerous levels of lead in their blood.