At least five fire trucks arrived at 475 Gayley on Wednesday evening in response to a fire alarm at the University Apartments, according to witnesses at the scene of the fire. Read more...
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September 25, 9:00 pm
Fire in University Apartments alarms many tenants, but none hurt
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September 24, 9:00 pm
Ketamine reported missing from UCLA pediatric clinic
Police are investigating the burglary of 20 vials of ketamine ““ enough to sedate about 250 children ““ taken from a UCLA pediatric dentistry clinic earlier this month. Read more...
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September 17, 9:00 pm
[Online exclusive] Briefs
Protesters bash Connerly, delay regents meeting SAN FRANCISCO ““ Thursday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting was unexpectedly delayed when approximately 16 student activists, protesting Regent Ward Connerly’s stance on racial consideration, were so boisterous that the regents had to call a recess during the public comment period. Read more...
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August 24, 9:00 pm
27 cars burglarized in campus lots during month of July
For history Professor Kevin Terraciano, it wasn’t the first time ““ or the second. “This is the third time in three years that our car has been vandalized,” he said. Read more...
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August 17, 9:00 pm
Two charged for alleged textbook theft
University police and Associated Students of UCLA security are investigating the recent burglary of what police say may have been thousands of dollars worth of textbooks. Read more...
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June 23, 9:00 pm
Village robberies spur security concern
With Westwood jewelry stores falling victim to recent crimes, concerns about safety in the Village have arisen among local business owners. According to university police crime logs, Michael K. Read more...
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June 8, 9:00 pm
Community ties are UCLA’s best asset
It was my first regents meeting. Not knowing where to go, I went in through the public entrance. After passing through the metal detector, the UCPD patted me down and I entered the room. There was a velvet rope that separated the University officials from the public. When I tried to cross this velvet rope to join the Board, I was immediately stopped by a UCPD officer, who warned me in a stern tone, “You don’t belong there.” Indeed, thinking about who my “colleagues” were to be ““ they were the social elite, political heavyweights, probably worth more than the GDP of a small country ““ I didn’t belong on the Board. As a middle-to-working class Pilipino suburban “kid,” I knew what I was getting into but didn’t know if I could handle it. I was obsessed with the question, “How can I push an agenda here?” I felt this intense burden to get something done with the time I had. With over 160,000 UC students, and only one on the Board, it would be a disgrace and disservice if this university remained unchanged on my watch. Read more...