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La Mesa, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Santee canceled its Wednesday meeting School boards: San Diego Unified School District, 5 p.m. Tuesday Last concert in series today The final concert in La Mesa’s “Sunday at Six” series will be from 6-7 p.m. today at Harry Griffen Park Amphitheatre, 9550 Milden St. The free show features the band Breez’n, which plays a variety of music. The “Taco Love Taco Truck” will be on site from 5-7 p.m. Call (619) 667-1300. El Cajon hosts National Night Out on Aug. 3...

Foundation opens grant applications for teachers The Cal Coast Cares Foundation has opened its application period for 2021 Educator Grants to help local teachers with classroom projects. This year, the foundation will award $40,000 in grants ranging from $500 to $2,000 per teacher. Applications are being accepted until Aug. 16 and can be completed at calcoastcu.org. The Educator Grants are provided to teachers in K-12 public, private or charter schools, and community and state colleges/universi...

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Bloomberg today published an article, Microsoft and Apple Wage War on Gadget Right-to-Repair Laws, which delved into the details of how big Tech – Microsoft, Google, Apple – thwart right to repair initiatives. There’s considerable support among the public for right to repair initiatives. Not only could such measures save consumers considerable sum...

Striking the little girl with a wooden paddle last month after the girl allegedly scratched a school computer. the principal chastising the child. >> you better be glad youre not my daughter. because i would spank your butt all the time for acting like that. and i wish you would try to call the police on me. thats called being a brat. >> reporter: the principals assistant, cecilia self, also seen in the video, telling the girl how to stand, bent over a chair. >> put your butt out. out. >> report...

I dont think that parents know this is happening. and as far as i know they dont have to opt in and they cant really opt out of this process. so parents that find this information out, are they helpless in the process? >> unfortunately this is covered under your additional rules. many schools have video cameras, some have security surveillance. youre allowing the schools to do that and cybersecurity and monitoring just fits under that. so yes, most parents have no clue that everything their chil...

Investigators now revealing their secret way of communicating. abcs eva pilgrim is in tennessee. >> reporter: tonight, the family of that missing tennessee teenager is hoping this newly-released home video will help lead to her safe return. >> do you want to start from the back or do you want to start from the front? >> youll recognize her voice if you hear it. >> reporter: this, as authorities reveal how 15-year-old elizabeth thomas and her former teacher, tad cummins, were communicating days b...

He has missed ni eed nine days. >> i asked for a car, i got a computer. >> but this new movie, one high school student, two others charged hacking into a school computer in a real life "ferris bueller" stunt. he hacked into the computer, changed grades, and for 300 students and now faces 7 years in jail for that stunt. after a long lawsuit, subway now making a change that is sure to give you and me and all of you your moneys worth. >> yes. get it, long? fox business is here to explain, cheryl?...

One student at a connecticut high school makes a shocking discovery while doing research for a classroom debate on gun control. >> when trying to access the nra web site and other right leaning web sites on his school computer after that, he noticed they were all blocked. but the pages belong to go left leaning groups like planned parenthood and newtown action alliance were not. senior andrew lampart who is graduating this weekend, says he reached out to school aofficials to alert them to the si...

Look at this. he was 14,000 feet in the air. a tear in the parachute and his line for the parachute got tangled. he was able to cut the lines and force the cord for the reserve chute. this happened in australia. rather than go home, what does this guy home? he jumps two more times. can you imagine that? here at home, a high school student in connecticut standing up for free speech. the student was doing research in a library when he noticed the n.r.a.s website, the vatican website were blocked...

Classroom. >> in the class room. so he should just rewrite the rules. you can look at it in the lunch room on the school computer, but just not in the classroom. >> just saying that i think thats a good way to spend your time versus asking can they be fired, ruin your entire career over that? i just dont think so. >> you want to stake out that turf, fine what. do you say, kate? >> im honestly speechless at the moment. obviously these teachers are influencing our children and this guy was apparen...