University of La Verne President Pardis Mahdavi, the second woman in history to hold the school’s top job, stepped down this month after less than a year at the private college.

Classes were canceled Friday at University of La Verne after reports of a student's car being set on fire on campus in what school officials says is part of a string of threats targeting students.

Classes were canceled at the University of La Verne on Friday after a vehicle fire in a dorm parking lot, one day after school administrators were made aware of reported race-based threats via ...