Tuesday, August 11

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Los Angeles

Academics, California, Higher Education, Los Angeles, National, News

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June 7, 3:57 pm

El Centro Legal Projects assist LA community, immigrants with advocacy, legal aid

Immigrant community members shared fears of detention, deportation and family separation with UCLA School of Law students at a “Know Your Rights” presentation last fall. But one interaction during the presentation – which students held in a South Central Los Angeles church – stood out to Katelyn Zou, who graduated from the School of Law this spring. Read more...

Photo: A “Know Your Rights” card is pictured. The Immigrant Rights Project is a student-run initiative under the UCLA School of Law’s El Centro Legal Projects that provides legal education to Los Angeles immigrants. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin staff)

A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health

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June 7, 1:05 pm

Q&A: UCLA alumnus Ned Brower talks nursing, acting and realism in HBO’s “The Pitt”

A real-life nurse and UCLA alumnus is featured on the cast of HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt.” Ned Brower – a registered nurse and musician who plays nurse Jesse Van Horn on “The Pitt” – sat down with science and health editor Charlie Hamilton to discuss how his nursing education at UCLA shaped his acting and perspective on the show. Read more...

Photo: Ned Brower, a registered nurse and musician who plays nurse Jesse Van Horn on “The Pitt,” sits on a chair. Brower sat down with science and health editor Charlie Hamilton to discuss how his time at UCLA shaped his performance and perspective on the HBO medical drama. (Courtesy of Vincent Perini)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Transportation, Westwood

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June 2, 1:11 pm

Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman meets with students in Westwood

Students gathered at Diddy Riese on May 26 for a meet and greet with Los Angeles mayoral candidate and City Councilmember Nithya Raman. Bruin Democrats, who endorsed Raman earlier in May, hosted the event. Read more...

Photo: Diddy Riese’s storefront is pictured. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman met with students in front of the dessert shop May 26. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Crime, Los Angeles, News

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June 2, 10:07 am

LA County sheriff race features 8 candidates, differing visions for LASD

Eight candidates – including an incumbent and his predecessor – are running to lead the country’s largest sheriff department in the June 2 primary election. The candidates, all current or former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, are running on differing approaches to homelessness, immigration enforcement and how to manage the department’s billion-dollar budget. Read more...

Photo: A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department car is parked alongside a street. Eight candidates are running to lead the department in the June 2 primary election. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

California, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Transportation

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May 31, 11:46 pm

Los Angeles mayoral contenders offer competing visions for city’s future

Incumbent Karen Bass and 13 challengers are running for Los Angeles mayor. Voters will choose the top two candidates in the June 2 primary election to advance to a November runoff, unless a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the primary and automatically wins the office. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Voters will cast ballots for LA mayor in the June 2 primary. (Daily Bruin file photo)

California, Los Angeles, National, News

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May 27, 10:58 pm

LA ballot measures could increase taxes on billionaires, hotels, sales

This post was updated May 31 at 8:36 p.m. Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot. The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, Campus, Los Angeles, News

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May 22, 4:51 pm

UCLA historians preserve documents, photos in ‘Power from the Past’ online archive

UCLA historians launched a revamped digital labor history archive in April, preserving materials from movements led by Southern California unions. The Memory Work Research Initiative at UCLA – which the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment oversees – digitized documents, images and flyers on an online archive called Power from the Past. Read more...

Photo: (Rachel Kristen Lee Yokota/Daily Bruin staff)


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