There is a small chance of scattered showers before conditions clear.
The cold front will have moved away from Los Angeles, but the cold core of the low-pressure system will still be around. “This will bring enough instability to the area for a slight chance of thunderstorm development,” the National Weather Service in Oxnard said.
Snow levels were at around 7,000 feet on Monday but were expected to drop to 5,000 feet by Tuesday. Officials issued a winter weather advisory for the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the northern Ventura County mountains that is set to last through Tuesday night. About 2 to 5 inches of snow could fall in the mountains.
“As for the Grapevine area, there is a chance of a dusting of snow Tuesday morning as the snow levels lower,” the weather service said. The Grapevine is a key travel corridor on the 5 freeway that connects L.A. and Santa Clarita with the Central Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area.
The highest point of the Grapevine section is the Tejon Pass, which peaks in elevation at 4,144 feet above sea level. At that location, “some non-accumulating snow is possible,” the weather service said.
Temperatures have chilled with the latest storm. While the L.A. coast and San Gabriel Valley on Monday reached the mid-60s, due to late arriving rain, most of L.A. County’s coastal areas and valleys “struggled to get out of the 50s,” the weather service said.
Wednesday
Sunny skies but cool. Highs in the high 50s.
Thursday
Thursday’s storm is expected to drop from 0.25 to 0.75 inches of precipitation. That’s on top of the 0.74 inches of rain that fell on downtown L.A. in the 24-hour period that ended at 9 p.m. Monday. Before that, the weekend storm that began Friday brought 2.68 inches of rain to downtown.
Triad International Studies Academy in High Point closed Oct. 15, 2025, after its charter was revoked by the N.C. Charter Schools Review Board for not having enough students.
Triad International Studies Academy
North Carolina could toughen its rules for allowing new charter schools to open following the abrupt closure of a school that left families scrambling for alternatives.
N.C. Charter Schools Review Board members said Wednesday they want to avoid a repeat of what happened with Triad International Studies Academy, which closed in Guilford County in October after less than two months of operation. The Review Board and the state Office of Charter Schools said new steps may be needed, such as ordering new charter schools to delay opening by a year if they’re not considered to be ready.
“It’s important to be optimistic and excited about opening a school,” said Ashley Logue, director of the N.C. Office of Charter Schools. “But if it’s not grounded in data and being realistic about how hard it is to open a school, it can lead to a lot of problems.”
Logue said she’ll present proposals in December for changes to what the state calls the “Ready to Open” process. But some ideas mentioned on Wednesday include requiring new charter schools to appear before the Review Board earlier and raising the minimum number of students schools are expected to have before they can open.
New charters attracting fewer students
Charter schools are taxpayer-funded schools that are exempt from some of the rules that traditional public schools must follow. There are more than 200 charter schools open across the state.
But over the past five years, only about 26% of new charter schools met or exceeded their enrollment projections. The Office of Charter Schools guidelines say new charter schools should meet at least 75% of their projected enrollment.
Enrollment is important because charter schools are funded based on how many students attend. Charter schools are required under state law to have a minimum of 80 students unless they get a waiver.
Only six of the 12 new charter schools that didn’t meet the 75% enrollment guideline in the past five years are still open. Four charter schools never opened and two had their charters revoked.
“What the data is telling us is that if you’re on a trajectory where you’re flying close to the treetops in enrollment, it generally doesn’t get better,” said Eric Guckian, a Review Board member. “We’re taking a big risk with families and children and taxpayer dollars.”
New charter schools don’t currently appear before the Review Board until June to get final approval to open. Logue said they might want the new schools to appear in May.
New charter schools that aren’t ready can request a year’s delay or surrender their charter. Bruce Friend, chair of the Review Board, said they may need to require a delay even if the charter school doesn’t request one.
“If they don’t like it, they can turn the charter in,” Friend said.
Families upset by school closure
What was uppermost on people’s minds Wednesday is the sudden closure of Triad International Studies Academy (TISA) in High Point. It’s the second new charter school in recent years that the Review Board ordered to close mid-year due to not having enough students.
Friend said TISA’s leaders were repeatedly warned by the Office of Charter Schools to seek a delay or surrender their charter. Instead, the school opened with only 45 students amid concerns about whether it could meet its budget.
It led to the Review Board voting on Oct. 6 to revoke the school’s charter. The school closed less than two weeks later, even though it could have stayed open until Dec. 30.
“Those parents are very upset, as they should be,” Friend said. “But they should be upset at the board members of that school. They’re the ones who put your child in that situation, not us, and we just have to make sure that we avoid that in the future.”
Now, Logue said, TISA employees are looking for new jobs and families had to find new education options. She said TISA’s leaders are selling assets to repay the state for the money it owes.
“Some of these schools will have debt that they need to pay back that they will never be able to pay back,” Logue said.
T. Keung Hui has covered K-12 education for the News & Observer since 1999, helping parents, students, school employees and the community understand the vital role education plays in North Carolina. His primary focus is Wake County, but he also covers statewide education issues.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., December 22, 2022 (Newswire.com)
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AMHERST, Mass. — Kenny Dye scored 28 points as Queens beat High Point 87-79 on Friday night.
Dye had five rebounds for the Royals (8-2). Kalib Mathews scored 16 points, shooting 6 of 9 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line. AJ McKee shot 3 for 12 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 6 of 7 from the free throw line to finish with 13 points.
The Panthers (8-2) were led by Abdoulaye, who posted 16 points. Jaden House added 13 points and six rebounds for High Point. Zach Austin also had 12 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. The loss snapped the Panthers’ five-game winning streak.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
