This post was updated May 3 at 12:53 a.m. Chancellor Gene Block released a statement Thursday afternoon claiming that the Palestine solidarity encampment had been shut down because it led to unsafe university conditions and interfered with UCLA’s educational mission. Read more...
Photo: UCLA staff clears Dickson Plaza of debris following Thursday morning’s police sweep of the Palestine solidarity encampment. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)
The Los Angeles City Controller’s office found that deaths among the city’s unhoused population in 2023 were caused in part by increasing overdoses and inadequate services. Read more...
Photo: A Los Angeles cityscape is pictured. A report by the LA City Controller’s office found a rise in deaths among the city’s unhoused population in 2023. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Scholars, government officials and business leaders shared data about issues such as the lack of cooling centers during high temperatures and improving mobility at the Luskin Summit on April 17. Read more...
Photo: Zev Yaroslavsky, the director of the LA Initiative at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, is pictured. During the summit, he discussed the results of UCLA’s Quality of Life Index, an anonymous public survey designed to understand public opinion surrounding quality of life. (Courtesy of Stan Paul/UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs)
This post was updated April 23 at 9:52 p.m. A pilot incentive for CalFresh users to buy fresh produce expired this month, but a newly proposed bill may keep household crispers stocked for another year. Read more...
Photo: Produce in the UCLA Store is pictured. If passed, a new bill proposed by Assemblymember Alex Lee would continue a pilot program that provides a rebate to low-income families when they purchase produce using CalFresh at participating stores. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
Investigators found that Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s former chief of orthopedics Dr. Louis Kwong – who currently faces two sexual misconduct lawsuits against him – also failed to disclose more than $700,000 in payments from a medical device company. Read more...
Photo: The Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is pictured. The hospital’s former chief of orthopedics, Louis Kwong – who staff said fostered a racist and sexist culture – was found to have not disclosed thousands in payments from medical device companies. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
Los Angeles World Airports rejected an initiative by the North Westwood Neighborhood Council to restore the FlyAway bus service in Westwood. The NWWNC passed a community impact statement April 3 requesting the LA Board of Airport Commissioners and City Council to conduct a study and reestablish the FlyAway bus service from Westwood to LAX. Read more...
Photo: Passengers in line at LAX are pictured. Los Angeles World Airports rejected a proposal from the North Westwood Neighborhood Council to restore FlyAway bus services in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated April 9 at 9:41 p.m. UCLA community members discussed California’s role in protecting LGBTQ rights at the Williams Institute’s annual update conference last Friday. Read more...
Photo: Kerith Conron, the research director of the Williams Institute, presents during the opening panel of the institute’s annual update conference last Friday. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)
