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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on the closure of Los Angeles Unified School District schools due to a threat (all times local):
8:05 a.m.
A law enforcement official says the threat that closed all schools in the vast Los Angeles Unified School District was emailed to a school board member and appeared to come from overseas.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation. The official says the threat was sent late Monday.
Superintendent Ramon Cortines says the threat was made against students at many of the district's schools. Officials wouldn't elaborate.
Cortines says the San Bernardino shooting that left 14 people dead on Dec. 2 influenced the decision to shut down the district's more than 900 schools and 187 public charter schools.
— From Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah in Washington, D.C.
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7:50 a.m.
Officials say the San Bernardino shooting influenced the decision to close all schools in the vast Los Angeles Unified School District after receiving a threat.
Superintendent Ramon Cortines said at a news conference Tuesday that an electronic threat in the form of a message was made against students at many of the district's schools.
He says the schools commonly get threats but called this one rare. Officials wouldn't elaborate.
Cortines says he ordered the shutdown out of an abundance of caution after the Dec. 2 attack in nearby San Bernardino that left 14 people dead.
He says he wants every school to be searched and a report given to him and the school board.
The district, the second largest in the nation, has 640,000 students and more than 900 schools and 187 public charter schools.
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7:30 a.m.
Los Angeles Unified School District police Chief Steven Zipperman says an "electronic" threat led to the decision to close all schools in the nation's second largest school district Tuesday morning.
Zipperman says the threat is still being evaluated.
District Superintendent Ramon Cortines says the threat was against students, not just a single campus.
Officials are notifying parents to keep their children at home.
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7:10 a.m.
All schools in the vast Los Angeles Unified School District have been ordered closed due to a threat.
School district spokeswoman Ellen Morgan announced the closure Tuesday but released no further details ahead of a press conference at district headquarters.
The district, the second largest in the nation, has 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade and more than 900 schools and 187 public charter schools.
The district spans 720 square miles including Los Angeles and all or part of more than 30 smaller cities and some unincorporated areas.
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