Tale of Two Cities: AFTER CLOSING ALL SCHOOLS, LAUSD FINDS THREAT NOT CREDIBLE - The LA Daily News Coverage/Multiple articles

AFTER CLOSING ALL SCHOOLS, LAUSD FINDS THREAT NOT CREDIBLE

Dec 15, 2015  ::  It was a tale of two cities, with New York officials shrugging and Los Angeles officials quaking. The threat came via email to Los Angeles Unified School District board members. It named schools. It talked about bombs and guns. It came less than...

By David Montero|

SCHOOLS THREAT WAS ‘NOT CREDIBLE,’ SCHOOLS TO OPEN WEDNESDAY

VALLEY RESIDENTS REACT TO LA SCHOOLS CLOSURE WITH FEAR, OR GLEE

LAUSD COULD LOSE $29M BECAUSE OF BOMB-THREAT CLOSURE, STATE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS

DID LAUSD OVERREACT? AFTER COLUMBINE, SCHOOLS SHOULD BE WELL-VERSED IN BOMB THREATS

Schools are the most common targets for bomb threats in the United States. From attention-seekers preying on terrorism fears to students hoping to dodge finals, those making threats hope administrators will react. That’s what happened Tuesday when the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest system, closed its campuses. Since the threat was determined a hoax, many are questioning Superintendent Ramon Cortines’ decision. More than a...

Megan Barnes
Mike Reicher

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE LAUSD THREAT AND CLOSURES

All 900 Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed Tuesday after school officials received an email that made “specific threats” toward the schools. Here’s everything we know about the threats and the LAUSD closures. • LAUSD School Board members received threats via email late Monday night and early on Tuesday morning.

Samantha Valtierra Bush 

LAUSD THREAT COULD COST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMY MILLIONS

The terrorist threat that prompted Tuesday’s shutdown of the Los Angeles Unified School District was later deemed a hoax but it will still have a deep economic impact, according to one Southland expert. Ron Avi Astor, a USC expert in terrorism and school violence, said the ripple effect extends well beyond the more than 640,000 students who were affected. “If you look at all...

Kevin Smith

LAUSD CLOSURE ‘UNPRECENDENTED,’ COUNCILWOMAN SAYS

Joining other families across Los Angeles affected by the sweeping LAUSD shutdown Tuesday, several City Councilmembers scrambled to find childcare for their kids after classes were cancelled at hundreds of schoools. Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez said she planned to bring her 6-year-old daughter to work at City Hall. A former LAUSD school...

Dakota Smith