Chon Noriega is set to become the interim dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Noriega, the former director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center, will hold the position from Feb. Read more...
Photo: School of Theater, Film and Television Professor Chon Noriega speaks. Noriega will be the school’s interim dean beginning Feb. 1. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:34 p.m. When Farinaz Pirshirazi served the customers in her restaurant Tuesday, she found some of them in their pajamas. Read more...
Photo: (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 9:01 p.m. After hearing from a neighbor that his family’s Altadena home had burned down, Zion Berry knew he had to see it for himself. He drove to his home of over 12 years Wednesday after his neighborhood had been destroyed by the Altadena fire, which started near Pasadena and Altadena on Tuesday and has since claimed over 14,000 acres. While driving and walking through his hometown, the first-year music performance student said he saw power lines on fire, street signs missing and chimneys with no houses left standing, including his own. Read more...
Photo: Smoke comes down a mountain as a fire burns in Pacific Palisades. Dozens of Bruin families are raising funds after losing their homes and possessions to the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:49 p.m. Students raised over $15,000 to support a chemistry senior lecturer who lost his home to the Los Angeles County wildfires. Laurence Lavelle announced in a Thursday classwide email that he lost his home, adding that the only clothes he owns are the ones he wore to work the previous day. Read more...
Photo: A GoFundMe page set up for senior chemistry lecturer Laurence Lavelle is pictured. The page raised over $15,000, but the professor declined the donations and asked for them to be returned to the donors. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 10:53 p.m. UCLA classes will move to online instruction until Friday, marking the second time in under nine months that a weeklong change to virtual instruction has been made. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA campus is pictured as fires expand across Los Angeles County. (Max Davis-Housefield/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 10 at 10:58 p.m. UCLA students will not return to in-person instruction Monday. In a Friday afternoon BruinPost to members of the UCLA community, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced that the UCLA campus will continue to curtail its operations for at least three more days, adding that the UCLA Academic Senate has allowed remote classes to go ahead Monday. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA campus is pictured amid poor air quality, following recent fires across Los Angeles County. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
Gov. Gavin Newsom approved an act to ban the use of cell phones in K-12 schools in September 2024. Assembly Bill 3216 – also known as the Phone-Free School Act – mandates that every school district, charter school or county office of education at the K-12 level develop a rule that will prohibit or limit student use of cellphones when at school or under the supervision of an employee of the school district by July 2026. Read more...
Photo: The social media app TikTok is pictured on a cell phone screen. California recently passed a law banning the usage of cell phones in K-12 schools. (Daily Bruin file photo)
