Colleen Shalby

When construction of the Automated People Mover at Los Angeles International Airport is finished, travelers will finally have an option to avoid the airport’s dreaded traffic loop that’s become the punchline of too many jokes. But recently it’s only added to the chaos. And now its completion date is being pushed back, one more delay in the $30-billion overhaul of the fifth-busiest airport in the world. The project, which was originally planned for 2023, was expected to finish in 2024 but may not…

California’s high-speed rail train could feature an indoor play area for children and seating options that would allow people to meet as a group or cocoon in a reading nook. Recently released drawings of the imagined interior, station platforms and a video walk-through of a model train car offered a glimpse into the future of the transit system and its promise to transform the state. But how — and if — it will ever live up to that promise to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco by train in less…

A former San Francisco State University employee who oversaw the handling of sexual misconduct and discrimination cases alleged that the campus president and an official with the state university system tried to interfere with an investigation into harassment allegations against a professor and said that the school failed to properly investigate hundreds of claims of wrongdoing. In a 20-page complaint filed Wednesday against the campus and the California State University system, Heather Borlase…

Dangerous winds continued to thrash Southern California on Sunday, causing some power outages in Los Angeles neighborhoods and triggering warnings that Interstate 5 near the Grapevine could be shut down because of snow and ice. A wind advisory remained in effect across Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties until 7 p.m. Sunday, with gusts ranging from 25 mph to 50 mph across the region. Gusts of up 70 mph are possible in mountain areas, said meteorologist Robbie Munroe of the National W…

California State University was rocked last year by claims it mishandled sexual misconduct allegations, forcing a chancellor to quit and a university president to step down. Two outside reviews blamed the chancellor’s office and top campus officials for failing to properly investigate complaints or track repeat offenders. But Cal State’s most powerful leaders — those on the CSU Board of Trustees, which oversees the 23-campus system — largely escaped scrutiny. Interviews and university records re…

California State University will soon be required to publicly disclose the outcome of sexual harassment complaints and investigations and strengthen several other measures of accountability under a bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law. Senate Bill 808, authored by state Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), was introduced in February after a series of investigations by The Times found breakdowns in how Cal State handled sexual misconduct allegations against powerful campus figures, executives and…

The parents of two Saugus High School students who were killed in a 2019 shooting have sued the school district for a combined $50 million, according to court records filed this week. Dominic Blackwell, 14, and Gracie Muehlberger, 15, were fatally shot by a fellow student in November 2019. Three other students were injured in the shooting on the Santa Clarita school campus. The shooter, 16-year-old Nathaniel Berhow, walked through the campus for roughly 40 minutes before opening fire on classmat…

While Fresno State president, Chancellor Joseph I. Castro OKd a payout for a university vice president after evidence backed up claims against the administrator.

All 23 Cal State campuses will require booster shots for students by the end of February.

The Omicron variant isn’t affecting California universities’ plans yet, but an increase in protections may be on the horizon.