UCLA’s emergency message system, BruinAlert, provides the campus community with notifications whenever anything poses a continuing danger to students, faculty or visitors. However, students have said they wonder why some alerts were not issued during emergencies last year and how BruinAlerts come about. Read more...
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The University of California Office of the President updated its policy in April, requiring UCLA to comply with Los Angeles’s imminent minimum wage increase. Each UC campus must follow federal, state and local minimum wage provisions, according to the policy. Read more...
A cyber attack on UCLA Health’s computer network may have exposed the personal and medical information of as many as 4.5 million people, officials announced Friday. Read more...
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Aaron Lerner knew for years he wanted to be a Jewish rabbi, but never expected it would happen at the age of 35. After attending college at USC, he worked in commercial real estate finance and said he enjoyed his career, but wanted to communicate with other people to answer larger questions and to fulfill his love of Jewish learning. Read more...
Photo: Aaron Lerner became the new executive director of Hillel at UCLA last month. He has worked to increase the leadership training program develop skills such as public speaking. (Courtesy of Aaron Lerner)
An explosion in an electrical vault near Parking Structure 8 Tuesday afternoon caused a power outage on campus and in Westwood. Power was restored to the area at about 1:35 p.m. Read more...
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. The LAFD responded to a report of a structure fire at 4:01 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated on July 10 at 10:54 a.m. UCLA officials are demanding $13 million from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to pay for damages caused by the Sunset Boulevard water main break last summer. Read more...
Photo: Last summer, a water main burst underneath Sunset Boulevard, releasing about 20 million gallons of water and flooding Bruin Walk, Pauley Pavilion and Parking Structures 4 and 7. (Daily Bruin file photo)
