Reporting from Sacramento -- Maria Moctezuma's workday began at 6 a.m. and often ran until midnight when she was nanny, housekeeper and cook for a family of four in Rancho Cucamonga. She hurried through her own meals in five minutes, she said, so she cou

LOS ANGELES -- The former third-grade teacher charged with committing lewd acts on students was paid $40,000 to drop an appeal of his firing, a newspaper reported Friday. The Los Angeles Unified School District settled with Mark Berndt because it couldn'

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles-area elementary school teacher who's charged with committing lewd acts with kids in class was paid $40,000 to resign. The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/xTYp0T) says Mark Berndt was removed from Miramonte Elementary School

The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/xTYp0T) says Mark Berndt was removed from Miramonte Ele

CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press | LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say the second teacher charged in a sex abuse scandal that has rocked an elementary school is attempting to make bond, but remains jailed. A sheriff's department state

The teachers union president assailed the reassignment of teachers as a stunt, about 100 parents and students blasted the move, and some of the new teachers needed a bit of help from their charges. United Teachers Los Angeles President Warren Fletcher sa