Kristen Taketa

Barring a quick end to the shutdown, many federal workers could miss a paycheck Friday, and November food benefits could be delayed to hundreds of thousands in San Diego County.

Lifelong Learning operates outside state transparency laws, despite its outsize role in managing the schools and despite the millions it reaps in public funding.

The network’s model has drawn criticism of its effectiveness, and some teachers described its schools as more focused on funding than on results.

More than 930 people signed up for open-water swim races up to 3 miles long

‘It feels like we’ve been credited for our work,’ one student said, after a new report found inaccurate financial reporting, records missing, balances that don’t match and more.

The failure of Grossmont officials to provide these records underscores some of the limits of California’s public record law — and raises issues now being litigated before the state’s top cou…

Trustees’ text messages and emails obtained by The San Diego Union-Tribune via public record request last month revealed the private plotting by an inner circle of select board trustees.

The trash can was the only damaged property, authorities said

Elite charter schools CEO resigns just after Union-Tribune investigation

The messages portray an insular political circle of select board trustees and administrators that has fought to maintain control of the district by strategizing against employees they regard as opp…