Richard Elias estimates that six or seven cases of identity theft are reported by members of the UCLA community every week. The university police detective said identity theft is a crime students ““ especially those who live off campus ““ should be very aware of. Read more...

The Undergraduate Students Association Council has set a variety of lofty goals for the upcoming year, though disagreement within the council has already stalled some of its work. Read more...

So far this year, university police have released 12 alerts notifying the Westwood community of especially concerning crimes. In all of 2005, eight such alerts were released. Read more...

Nearly 90 police officers and FBI agents gathered at the Anderson School of Business last week, not as part of a crime scene investigation, but for the FBI’s annual Violent Crime Behavioral Analysis Seminar. Read more...

An animal rights group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a recent attempted bombing of a UCLA faculty member’s home. According to a press release by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office, the Animal Liberation Front said it had placed an “incendiary device” on Lynn Fairbanks’ Bel Air doorstep in retaliation for her involvement in animal experimentation in UCLA labs. Read more...

Ah, the Fourth of July. Our day of independence. The best time of the year to celebrate America while at the same time rocketing illegal fireworks into the night sky. Read more...

Los Angeles police have turned their attention to Westwood for the second time in just a few weeks after there was a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries in local apartments. Read more...