This article was updated May 10 at 8:34 p.m. LA Metro opened the D Line subway extension Friday, connecting downtown to Beverly Hills. Hundreds gathered at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Wilshire/Fairfax at 8:30 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Confetti rains down during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for section one of the LA Metro D-Line extension. Three new stations opened May 8, connecting Koreatown to Beverly Hills. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 7 at 9:12 p.m. About 60 healthcare professionals gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital. Members of the California Nurses Association, Committee of Interns and Residents and University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents healthcare, research and technical professionals – gave speeches calling on the University to address alleged overcrowding issues in the emergency department at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Hannah Spungen is pictured giving a speech as one of the many healthcare professionals who gathered at Luskin Turnaround on Wednesday morning to protest patient overcrowding at UCLA’s on-campus hospital. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 6 at 1:10 a.m. Advocates called on lawmakers to implement policies funding mental health support for young people during a Friday conference at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...
Photo: Rapper Common is pictured with Dr. Robert Ross at the event, where they discussed the importance of art in the future of mental health. (Courtesy of Nicholas Mouchawar)
This post was updated May 6 at 12:54 a.m. The Los Angeles County Superior Court raised bail to $1.4 million Monday for a man who allegedly kidnapped two UCLA students in March and raped a woman last year. Read more...
Photo: The Airport Courthouse is pictured. The Los Angeles County Superior Court raised the bail of a man who allegedly trapped two students inside his vehicle in March. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 5 at 6:19 p.m. A UCLA community service club paused its programming after federal agents performed an immigration raid at the organization’s volunteering site in the San Fernando Valley. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Community Service Commission office in Kerckhoff Hall is pictured. One of CSC’s projects has suspended some operations following immigration enforcement activity on its volunteer site. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)
When Graeme Blair heard President Donald Trump’s promises to carry out a mass deportation campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election, he began planning the Deportation Data Project. Read more...
Photo: Graeme Blair, a co-founder of the Deportation Data Project and a political science professor at UCLA, stands in front of the California Center for Population Research. The center has provided the project with funding which has largely been used to fund litigation. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
Three UCLA students are pushing for housing reform in Westwood. Undergraduate Students Association Council General Representative Brett Berndt, USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser created UCLA’s chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a statewide organization dedicated to advocating for better student housing. Read more...
Photo: USAC Student Housing Liaison Gabriella Llaneta, USAC General Representative Brett Berndt and fourth-year political science student Henry Houser are pictured left to right in front of a staircase in Kerckhoff Hall. The three students created the first chapter of the Student Homes Coalition, a student housing advocacy organization, at UCLA. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
