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California, News, Science & Health

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April 5, 8:24 pm

State ballot proposal would approve $8.4 billion in bonds to fund medical research

This post was updated April 5 at 9:54 p.m. California nonprofits are working to put an initiative funding immunology research on the November ballot. The initiative would authorize $8.4 billion of state bonds to support the research – half of which would be required to support developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and heart disease – if 546,651 signatures are collected for it to appear on the ballot. Read more...

Photo: Students are pictured on Bruin Walk, a location where petitioners gather signatures. California nonprofits are working to put an initiative funding immunology research on the November ballot. (Daily Bruin file photo)

California, Higher Education, National, News

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April 5, 3:41 pm

Judge blocks Trump administration’s data demands over alleged affirmative action

This post was updated April 5 at 9:46 p.m. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Friday from requiring California universities to share the personal data of applicants and admitted students with the federal government. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Friday from requiring California universities to share the personal data of applicants and admitted students with the federal government. (Daily Bruin file photo)

California, Higher Education, News, UC

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April 2, 10:10 pm

UCLA student organization sponsors state bill targeting digital sexual harassment

A UCLA student organization sponsored a state bill to require California colleges to create policies that address technology-facilitated sexual harassment. The bill, if passed, would require California community colleges, California State University and the UC to provide students who have digitally generated sexually explicit materials made of them with funds of up to $1,000 to help them identify and remove the material. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall, where UCLA’s Title IX office is located is pictured. A UCLA student organization sponsored a state bill to require California colleges to create policies that address technology-facilitated sexual harassment. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, California, Los Angeles, News

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April 2, 9:58 pm

This Oaxacan cafe in Sawtelle is supporting Bruins while honoring its proud heritage

When brothers Mark and Jason Garcia came across an unassuming strip mall along Olympic and Sepulveda Boulevard, they knew it was the place to open their cafe. Read more...

Photo: Sidóh Cafe’s windows are decorated with drawings. Mark Garcia, a UCLA alumnus, co-founded the Oaxacan cuisine restaurant alongside his brother in the spring of 2025. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)

A Closer Look, Academics, California, Campus, News, Science & Health

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March 15, 6:57 pm

UCLA Health is leading the effort to treat and destigmatize addiction

This post was updated April 2 at 10:06 p.m. Dr. Julio Meza lost two family members to addiction-related illnesses when he was a child. Now, as a UCLA Health physician, he leads a program providing doctors with addiction-specific training. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Gonda building, which houses the Brain Research Institute that hosts the UCLA Integrative Center for Addictive Disorders, is pictured. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, Academics, California, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health

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March 14, 12:32 am

UCLA Faculty Association, science advocates host Stand Up for Science protest

Science advocates and UCLA Faculty Association members called on Californians to support a bill that would put scientific research funding on the 2026 ballot at a Saturday protest in Westwood. Read more...

Photo: Dave Farina, a science educator with 4.2 million YouTube subscribers and known for his channel “Professor Dave Explains,” gives a speech criticizing what he called a growing anti-science sentiment from the federal government. (Nicholas Mouchawar/Daily Bruin)

California, Campus, News

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March 7, 7:22 pm

Petitioners push billionaire tax, other initiatives for California ballot

This post was updated March 8 at 10:00 p.m. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St. Read more...

Photo: Bruin Walk – one campus location where petitioners typically try to get signatures – is pictured. California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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