Studio City Ca Schools

The principal of a highly regarded elementary school allowed her daughter to run a child-care program on the San Fernando Valley campus without a state license and without fully reimbursing the district for utilities and staff, an internal audit found. Investigators in the district's inspector general's office concluded that the program at Carpenter Avenue School in Studio City violated state law and district policy. The program closed last year.

The principal of a highly regarded elementary school allowed her daughter to run a child-care program on the San Fernando Valley campus without a state license and without fully reimbursing the district for utilities and staff, an internal audit found. Investigators in the district's inspector general's office concluded that the program at Carpenter Avenue School in Studio City violated state law and district policy. The program closed last year.

A fire blazed through a classroom building at Campbell Hall School in Studio City on Saturday night, causing considerable damage to the structure but no injuries, authorities said. The fire, which began just after 6 p.m. at 4533 N. Laurel Canyon Blvd., was extinguished in 15 minutes, said spokesman Jim Wells of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Wells said fire officials were unable to estimate the cost of the blaze, which also damaged another building.

After a six-month investigation by the LAPD, an arrest warrant was issued Wednesday in Van Nuys Superior Court for an 18-year-old Reseda resident who police say was the ringleader in a series of burglaries at Harvard-Westlake High School in Studio City that led to a shooting at the prestigious private school. Gabriel Labbad, a Lebanese citizen, is charged with six counts of grand theft and two of solicitation to commit a crime.

When volunteers, parents, teachers and students arrived at Colfax Avenue Elementary School Saturday for the L.A. Works Help-a-Thon, they found 21 ransacked classrooms missing thousands of dollars worth of VCRs, computers, printers, cameras, compact disc players and more. It was the third and largest burglary the school has suffered in as many months, said Principal Shirley DiRado. She estimates that losses and damage from the three incidents are between $25,000 and $30,000.

After a six-month investigation by the LAPD, an arrest warrant was issued Wednesday in Van Nuys Superior Court for an 18-year-old Reseda resident who police say was the ringleader in a series of burglaries at Harvard-Westlake High School in Studio City that led to a shooting at the prestigious private school. Gabriel Labbad, a Lebanese citizen, is charged with six counts of grand theft and two of solicitation to commit a crime.

When volunteers, parents, teachers and students arrived at Colfax Avenue Elementary School Saturday for the L.A. Works Help-a-Thon, they found 21 ransacked classrooms missing thousands of dollars worth of VCRs, computers, printers, cameras, compact disc players and more. It was the third and largest burglary the school has suffered in as many months, said Principal Shirley DiRado. She estimates that losses and damage from the three incidents are between $25,000 and $30,000.

A fire blazed through a classroom building at Campbell Hall School in Studio City on Saturday night, causing considerable damage to the structure but no injuries, authorities said. The fire, which began just after 6 p.m. at 4533 N. Laurel Canyon Blvd., was extinguished in 15 minutes, said spokesman Jim Wells of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Wells said fire officials were unable to estimate the cost of the blaze, which also damaged another building.