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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
Education Correspondent
- @AGuzmanLopez
- Phone: (213) 621-3469
Adolfo reports on K-12 education and higher education for Southern California Public Radio.
He’s been a reporter at SCPR since 2000 and in that time has covered many different types of stories including elections, transportation, fires, and the arts. His most memorable stories are the on-site reports at the 2007 May Day Melee protests at L.A.’s MacArthur Park, a fatal apartment collapse that shed light on L.A.'s dearth of housing inspectors, University of California students coping with hunger, South Gate overcoming political corruption, the 25th anniversary of L.A.’s seminal 1977 punk rock scene, social work interns helping students from military families cope, political dirty tricks funded by public funds in the Inglewood Unified School District, a profile of prominent L.A. poet Wanda Coleman, and a feature about Adolfo’s name appearing on the TV show "The Simpsons".
Adolfo's awards include the 2006 L.A. Press Club’s Radio Journalist of the Year and a regional Edward R. Murrow honor.
2016 is Adolfo’s 20th year in public radio news. He was hired in 1996 by KPBS-FM in San Diego as a producer for the daily news talk show These Days. He lives in Long Beach with his wife and kids.
Stories by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez
LA voters hit the polls early; some report delays
Voters lined up before polls opened to cast their ballots before work. Some polling places faced longer-than-usual lines, and a handful reported voting delays because of technical problems.
UC doubling outreach to underrepresented communities
University of California officials have scheduled 100 outreach events in underrepresented communities. The goal is to reach qualified students who may not apply.
California warns tech companies against mining student data for profit
Public officials warn schools to remain vigilant that educational technology companies don't violate student data privacy laws.
Advocates urge Long Beach schools to reform student discipline
While school districts in Los Angeles and Oakland have overhauled student discipline, advocates say Long Beach schools have fallen way short.
Driver from fatal bus crash previously appeared to fall asleep at wheel
A passenger who once rode regularly with the driver whose casino tour bus crashed into a large truck Sunday says she quit riding with him because he appeared to doze off at the wheel.
Tour bus in fatal crash was out of compliance with safety standards
The gambling tour bus that crashed Sunday morning, leaving 13 dead and injuring 31, had four out of eight tires that didn't meet the minimum recommended tread depth.
Do at-large community college elections dilute Latino power?
The Los Angeles Community College District is the latest public entity challenged by lawyers for having an at-large voting method to elect trustees.
Long Beach teachers say heat grinds learning to a stop
During a late September heat wave, teachers at a downtown Long Beach school documented classroom temperatures between 92 and 102 degrees.
Californians' college debt is growing
A new report says the average debt of college graduates grew to about $30,000 nationwide. California's debt is lower, at $22,000.
LA community colleges closely watching 2 ballot measures
Prop. 55 would continue some state taxes to fund schools and community colleges. Measure CC would generate bond funds for L.A. community college facilities.
Prop. 58 would undo bilingual education limits
California schools are limited in how much of a foreign language they can use to help English learner students. Proposition 58 would undo those limits.
Accreditation worries students of for-profit colleges
Observers say the for-profit college industry is going through a shakeout of quality schools after a "gold rush" period in the last decade.
Court throws out California teacher evaluation lawsuit
The lawsuit alleged 13 school districts blatantly violated state law that compels school districts to use student test scores to evaluate teachers.
ITT Tech closure a 'housing crisis' for veterans
Military veterans left without full-time college classes by the closure of ITT Tech will stop receiving monthly housing allowances.
Some community colleges won't transfer all ITT Tech credits
Community colleges are reaching out to former ITT Tech students, but they aren't offering to transfer all their classes to continue their degrees.
