*UPDATED LA Unified school board President Steve Zimmer will face Nick Melvoin in the runoff in May, while incumbent Mónica García easily won re-election outright on Tuesday. In the race for the open seat in the San Fernando Valley, Kelly Gonez leads Imelda Padilla going into the runoff. The District 4 contest will continue to be...

Voting is underway today for three seats on the LA Unified school board. By late afternoon, a random sample of voter turnout showed less than 8 percent of eligible voters had cast ballots countywide, according to the county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan. Polls close at 8 p.m. At 4PM our random hourly sampling of voter turnout...

Judging by how much is being spent, Los Angeles is about to hold the most important school board election in American history. As of Monday, candidates and their backers have poured $6.4 million into races for three seats, with most of that — about $5.4 million — coming from labor groups and deep-pocketed charter school...

The Fair Political Practices Commission will investigate spending by United Teachers Los Angeles on a public relations campaign supporting LA Unified school board President Steve Zimmer, who is running for reelection. The chief of the FPPC’s Enforcement Division notified Keith Dell’Aquila, who filed a complaint, Thursday that it will investigate the complaint, according to a...

A question posed to the District 6 candidates for the LA Unified school board at a forum Wednesday night about Superintendent Michelle King’s strategic plan highlighted the differences and priorities among the contenders. High school students posed the question at a candidate forum at LA Mission College sponsored by the United Way of Greater Los...

*UPDATE The seven LA Unified school board members are often at odds — even though they come together unanimously for votes like picking the new superintendent. But they’re not in unison for any of the school board races, or even necessarily for their fellow board members’ reelection. LA School Report polled all seven of the...

Three LA Unified school board seats are on the March 7 ballot in what could end up being the most expensive school board race the nation has ever seen. Read LA School Report’s full series of coverage at LAUSD Race 2017. You’ll get profiles of all 13 candidates, highlights of more than half a dozen candidate...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Jose Sandoval Board district: 6 Job: animal rights educator. Founder of the Latino Alliance for Animal Care Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide humane education to low-income and underrepresented communities and incorporate concepts of kindness and respect for animals...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Araz Parseghian Board district: 6 Job: loan officer who has worked in the finance field for 17 years. He has served on the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council and the Professional Child Development Associates Board. He currently serves on the boards of the LA Valley College...

LA Unified’s District 4 school board race has prompted more than half a dozen candidate forums, a constant stream of mailers, commercials, and phone calls, and near-record campaign spending. But it wasn’t until Monday night’s forum at the Skirball Cultural Center that the big question was asked publicly. “Why is there so much money being spent...