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Cellphone Distractions

Corona-Norco school district implementing cellphone restrictions

  • Aug 15, 2025

LAUSD cellphone ban now in effect; includes smart watches

  • Feb 18, 2025

CA passes bill requiring schools to devise plan to ban or limit phones

  • Aug 29, 2024

Expert weighs in on LAUSD vote to ban cellphone use during school day

  • Jun 20, 2024

Iowa high school bans phone use to address student mental health

  • May 30, 2024

Distracted Driving Awareness Month: Drivers urged to put phones down

  • Apr 2, 2024

Distracted driving linked to thousands of fatal crashes every year

  • Apr 3, 2023

LAPD warns rideshare drivers about scam

  • Dec 20, 2022

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LAUSD cellphone ban now in effect; includes smart watches and smart glasses

  • Feb 19, 2025
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LAUSD cellphone ban to take effect on Tuesday; includes smart watches and smart glasses

  • Feb 18, 2025
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LAUSD cellphone ban set to take place on Tuesday, includes smartwatches and smart glasses

  • Feb 18, 2025
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CA passes bill requiring schools to devise plan to ban or limit phones during the school day

  • Aug 29, 2024
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Scrolling through your phone at night: The effect bedtime-binge watching can have on your health

  • Aug 4, 2024
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Expert weighs in on LAUSD vote to ban cellphone use during school day

  • Jun 19, 2024
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Iowa school hopes ditching phones could help with teens' mental health

  • May 30, 2024
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Distracted driving linked to thousands of fatal crashes every year, statistics show

  • Apr 3, 2023

Latest Stories

Close call! Boy distracted by phone falls down storage hole in Turkey, saved by boxes

Cameras captured the boy, who was on his cellphone, fall down a storage hole - but he did not crash to the floor below.

  • Feb 18, 2022
Twitter

Twitter launches Fleets, temporary posts that disappear

Twitter is adding a new feature to make temporary posts that won't flood your timeline.

  • Nov 17, 2020

Cellphone injuries on the rise, especially among teens, young adults, data shows

In the past 20 years, cellphone related injuries have increased steadily and significantly - including injuries to the head and neck as a result of cellphone use. Many involved cuts, bruises, concussions and even internal organ injuries, research reveals.

  • Dec 28, 2019
KGO-TV

Schools say cellphone bans caused by parents' texting

PARENTS, STOP TEXTING: Some schools have banned cellphones because parents were checking up on their kids several times throughout the day.

  • Sep 4, 2019

Digital Detox Vacation: How it benefits you and your kids

More people are searching for trips that help them get away from it all and disconnect as a digital detox.

  • Aug 6, 2019