A 13-year-old Long Beach girl was arrested last week after she allegedly took part in a viral social media prank called the ...

A viral TikTok trend called the “Chromebook Challenge” has made its way to Inland Empire schools and prompted safety warnings ...

The 13-year-old is accused by the school district of damaging the laptop as part of the “Chromebook Challenge,” a TikTok ...

Brenda Elizondo is an audience engagement fellow at the Los Angeles Times. She was previously a video content creator and reporter for L.A. Times Food and De Los, the Latinidad section. She received ...

A 13-year-old Long Beach student was arrested for participating in the "Chromebook challenge," a viral TikTok trend that ...

The prank involves jamming pins, paperclips or other items into laptop charging ports to spark a fire or send smoke wafting ...

The viral TikTok trend called the "Chromebook challenge" encourages students to try and make their school-issued Chromebooks ...

Some students have been suspended and even criminally charged, as some of the computers catch fire or damage the surroundings.

A 13-year-old Long Beach student was arrested after inserting a foreign object into a school-issued Chromebook, damaging the computer, officials said The stunt was part of an online media ...

A Long Beach middle school student has been arrested for allegedly destroying a Chromebook computer, leading to a fire that caused an evacuation of Perry Lindsey Academy, authorities said.