Teresa Watanabe covers education for the Los Angeles Times. Since joining the Times in 1989, she has covered immigration, ethnic communities, religion, Pacific Rim business and served as Tokyo correspondent and bureau chief. She also covered Asia, national affairs and state government for the San Jose Mercury News and wrote editorials for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. A Seattle native, she graduated from USC in journalism and in East Asian languages and culture.
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Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clash Sunday at UCLA, one day after protests erupted again at USC, where 93 people were arrested last week.
April 28, 2024
The University of California has rejected calls for divestment from Israel and an academic boycott of the Mideast state, two demands driving the current wave of pro-Palestinian campus protests.
April 27, 2024
At USC, police in riot gear arrested 93 pro-Palestinian protestors, while UCLA sent in observers who kept their hands off students in a peaceful encampment.
April 26, 2024
Encampments and protests took place at UC Berkeley and Cal Poly Humboldt, and plans were shaping up for more pro-Palestinian protests at California colleges and universities.
April 24, 2024
Rich Lyons, former Berkeley business school dean and now chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer, will lead one of the nation’s top public universities.
April 10, 2024
The university systems reversed their approval of three high school data science classes to substitute for algebra 2, stirring up a furious debate.
March 27, 2024
Occidental College names as its president Tom Stritikus, a champion of liberal arts education, diversity and inclusion who led a Colorado public college.
March 26, 2024
The attack in El Dorado County is believed to be the first fatal incident involving a mountain lion in California in 20 years.
March 24, 2024
Passenger rail service between San Clemente and Oceanside is set to resume Monday after falling debris from a rain-soaked hillside shut down operations for two months.
March 23, 2024
University of California regents delayed action on a controversial proposal to control political opinion, such as criticism of Israel, from campus websites.
March 21, 2024