Thursday, February 5

UCLA study highlights heat-based health hazards in unsheltered LA Metro bus stops

UCLA researchers found that around 75% of Los Angeles Metro bus stops do not provide shelter from extreme heat, raising concerns for citizens who use the public transportation system. Read more...

Photo: A Los Angeles Metro bus waits at a stop (pictured). A UCLA study found that about a quarter of over 10,000 bus stops in LA have adequate shelters to protect passengers from extreme heat, which kills more than 700 people in the United States every year. (Ethan Manafi/Daily Bruin staff)


As a tribute to Black culture, Destination Crenshaw coming to LA with UCLA support

This post was updated April at 11:30 p.m. The nation’s largest public art project dedicated to Black history will be unveiled in Los Angeles this fall. Read more...

Photo: A rendering of Destination Crenshaw is pictured. The nation’s largest art demonstration honoring Black history has been advised by Darnell Hunt, UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost. (Courtesy of Destination Crenshaw)


Flying fellow students, Bruin Aviation president shows the sky’s the limit

Stepping onto the tarmac at Santa Monica Flyers, Vedant Bhargava always reminds himself to go back to the same checklist – a mindset he calls “airplane mode.” The second-year economics student completes a laundry list of pre-flight checks before takeoff in a four-seat, single-engine airplane, including some for weather, passenger safety, fuel, and other flight technologies and conditions. Read more...

Photo: Second-year economics student Vedant Bhargava pilots a plane over Santa Monica. Bhargava said he has taken trips to locations all across Southern California. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)


LA City Council approves plan to convert largest gas plant to green hydrogen

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve a plan to convert the city’s largest gas power plant to green hydrogen. The plant’s transformation will advance the city’s goal of reaching 100% clean electricity by 2035, said Paul Krekorian, president of the LA City Council and District 2 council member. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles City Hall. The LA City Council has approved a plan to convert Scattergood Generating Station, the largest gas power plant in the city, to green hydrogen. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Undergraduate Students Association Council supports construction of heavy rail

The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Jan. 17 calling on UCLA to endorse a heavy rail alternative for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project and criticizing Vice Chancellor Michael Beck for meetings that the Los Angeles Metro says breached their pre-development agreement with BYD. Read more...

Photo: The Metro is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council called on UCLA to endorse a heavy rail alternative for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin staff)



UCLA alumnus’ friends, family urge release from wrongful detainment in Venezuela

For over 10 months, Henry Martinez has been waiting for his brother to come home. Eyvin Hernandez, a double alumnus and a Los Angeles County public defender, went missing in late March 2022 following a vacation in Colombia after he accompanied a friend to the Venezuelan border, according to the LA Times. Read more...

Photo: Eyvin Hernandez (pictured), a double alumnus and a Los Angeles public defender, went missing at the end of March. UCLA community members voiced support for Hernandez’s safe return to the United States, calling upon President Joe Biden to negotiate his release. (Courtesy of Henry Martinez)



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