Los Angeles schools shut amid emailed terror threat

All public schools in the Los Angeles area were ordered closed yesterday after an emailed threat targeted students.

Authorities searched some 900 schools during the shutdown of the nation’s second largest school district, which appeared to be unprecedented in scale.

The shooting in nearby San Bernardino that left 14 people dead this month influenced the decision to close all the schools, which 640,000 students attend, Supt Ramon Cortines said.