Adolfo Guzman-Lopez Sr. Education Reporter
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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez is KPCC's lead education reporter. He's been a reporter at the station since 2000.
After college, in the mid-1990s, Guzman-Lopez began reporting freelance arts and culture stories, mostly about the red-hot rock en español scene, to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and the Tijuana newspaper La Tarde. He got his first public radio job at KPBS-FM in San Diego in 1996 as a news talk show producer. He freelanced radio features to Latino USA, Marketplace and other national shows. At KPBS he hosted and produced a daily, Gen-X arts and culture show called "The Lounge" which featured in-studio performances by Howard Jones and Sean Lennon with the band Cibo Matto.
Guzman-Lopez's reporting at KPCC has included the South Gate city hall corruption scandal; the L.A. mayoral campaigns of James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa; the SB1070 protests in Phoenix, the 2007 May Day melee; and coverage of L.A. Unified Superintendents Roy Romer, David Brewer, Ramon Cortines, and John Deasy.
Guzman-Lopez was born in Mexico City and grew up in Tijuana and San Diego.He now lives in Long Beach with his wife and two kids and is always open to hear traffic tips for the 110, 710, or the 5 freeways to downtown L.A.
Stories by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
CSU accused of advocating for Prop. 30
CSU is moving to raise undergraduate tuition by 5% in case Proposition 30 – a tax increase for education measure – fails at the polls in November.
Inglewood Unified administration taken over by state
The Inglewood Unified School District today became the first Southland school district in nearly 20 years to lose local control over it’s ballooning budget deficit.
District loses autonomy to state takeover
The Inglewood Unified School District today became the first Southland school district in nearly 20 years to lose local control over its ballooning budget deficit. Governor Jerry Brown today approved an emergency loan of $55 million to the Inglewood district to keep it from going bankrupt.
Inglewood Unified trying to avoid bankruptcy
Inglewood Unified officials predict the district will run out of money early next year. They're making deep budget cuts to avoid a state take over.
¡Ban This! anthology gathers many SoCal Chicano writers
Southland authors respond to Arizona's ban of a Mexican American studies program in the Tucson Public Schools.
L.A. Unified board member says more charter scrutiny needed.
An L.A. Unified board member wants to put new charter school approvals on hold while a commission is formed to more closely scrutinize the campuses.
Funding cuts lead Santa Monica College to cut winter classes
Santa Monica College administrators voted Thursday night to eliminate the 6-week winter session in order to save $2.5 million.
Lawsuit alleging clergy sexual abuse abuse follows court ruling
A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday by an alleged victim of Catholic priest abuse is just the first of many, activists say.
Many UC, CSU students aren't ready for college-level writing
Many incoming college freshmen at UC and CSU aren’t writing at the college level. For a decade, a USC program has tried to make a dent in the problem.
Inglewood Unified considers drastic budget cuts
Inglewood Unified staff recommends big cuts to avoid bankruptcy and state takeover, including 20 furlough days for employees and district land.
Long Beach school board could revoke 12 year old charter
New City School in Long Beach has made a big ruckus in the last year as Long Beach Unified has moved to close it for poor performance and financial problems.
Inglewood Unified board attempts to avoid bankruptcy
An exodus of students, deferred payments from the state, and funding cuts have pushed Inglewood Unified’s budget $9 million into the red.
Some districts cut, others keep 180 teaching days
As the academic year begins, students in the Southland will attend public schools with significantly unequal instructional calendars.
LA Unified elementary students got most out of new schools
UC Berkeley researchers have found after a four year study that elementary school students benefitted the most from the new school construction.
UC Irvine's Luce broke ground in mathematical psychology
In a career that spanned more than half a century, Robert Duncan Luce applied the power of mathematics to describe human behavior.
