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February 6, 8:50 am

UCLA researchers look into cannabis health effects with California state grant

The California Department of Cannabis Control gave UCLA four grants in January totaling $7.3 million for cannabis research. These grants will fund four research studies that will allow UCLA to develop the science and evidence to help guide public policy related to cannabis availability, safety and accessibility, said Ziva Cooper, a professor-in-residence of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids is located here. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, California, Campus, News

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February 4, 9:24 pm

Compas at UCLA provides resources, supports California farm workers amid ICE raids

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 2:06 p.m. Odalis Rojas grew up in an agricultural community in Ventura County, where she saw her farm worker father, uncles and cousins face various health care barriers. Read more...

Photo: Jacob Thene, a third-year business economics and geography student; Sarai Ceceña, a fourth-year political science student; Alexandra Vazquez, a third-year biology student; and Odalis Rojas, a second-year nursing student, sit by Royce Hall. The students are part of Compas at UCLA, an organization dedicated to advocating for California’s farm worker communities. (Chenrui Zhang/Dailu Bruin)

California, Los Angeles, News

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February 3, 11:07 pm

LA County Sheriffs yet to ban license plate data sharing with federal agencies

This post was updated Feb. 21 at 7:51 p.m. Los Angeles County Sheriffs have not banned sharing license plate data with immigration enforcement agencies, despite a 2016 law prohibiting state police from sharing these images with the federal government. Read more...

Photo: A line of cars is parked along a street. The LA County Board of Supervisors requested in September that the LA County Sheriff’s Department ban license plate data sharing with federal agencies. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)

California, News, Science & Health

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February 2, 5:38 pm

Court reverses former UCLA gynecologist sexual battery conviction, orders retrial

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:55 p.m. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sending the case back to court. Read more...

Photo: James Heaps, a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sits in court. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against Heaps, sending the case back to court for a retrial. (Daily Bruin file photo)

A Closer Look, California, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health, Westwood

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January 30, 4:50 pm

LA Fires Research Conference fosters discussion on fire survivors’ experiences

More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...

Photo: A professor in the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pictured speaking at the event. The conference centered on the experiences of fire survivors from the January 2025 Los Angeles county fires. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)

California, News, Regents, UC

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January 25, 7:46 pm

UC funding increases under state budget, challenges remain

This post was updated Jan. 27 at 10:11 p.m. A UC Board of Regents committee highlighted a $12.3 billion discrepancy between 2026-27 state revenue projections made by Gov. Read more...

Photo: Nathan Brostrom, the UC’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, speaks with Miguel Craven, the student regent-designate. A UC Board of Regents committee highlighted a $12.3 billion discrepancy between 2026-27 state revenue projections made by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislative Analyst’s Office at its Wednesday meeting. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

California, National, News, Science & Health

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January 17, 9:03 pm

Senate Bill 895 seeks to establish $23 billion research fund amid federal cuts

State senator Scott Wiener announced a bipartisan ballot measure intended to backfill research funding amid the Trump administration’s cuts in a press conference Friday. Senate Bill 895 – joint-authored by state senators Sasha Perez and Aisha Wahab – was first introduced to the state senate Thursday. Read more...

Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. State senator Scott Wiener announced a bipartisan ballot measure intended to backfill research funding amid the Trump administration’s cuts in a press conference Friday. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)


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