This post was updated Nov. 20 at 11:41 p.m. United States Representative Karen Bass will be Los Angeles’ first female mayor, defeating businessman and billionaire Rick Caruso in this year’s midterm elections. Read more...
Photo: United States Representative Karen Bass at a Get Out the Vote rally at UCLA, pictured. Bass defeated businessman and billionaire Rick Caruso in this year’s midterm election for Los Angeles mayor. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
Hundreds of students and UCLA community members celebrated the start of November with a Friendsgiving dinner, cooking competitions and other autumn activities at this month’s First Thursdays event. Read more...
Photo: UCLA and Westwood community members write on a poster at November’s First Thursdays event. First Thursdays aim to reconnect the university and local businesses after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Neha Krishnakumar/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA team of architecture department staff and doctoral students co-authored a housing bill recently signed into law that aims to increase affordable housing for K-12 school staff. Read more...
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UCPD is investigating reports of an attempted strong-arm robbery on a Los Angeles Metro bus Monday morning. The incident happened around 10:15 a.m., according to a UCPD crime alert sent Monday evening. Read more...
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 3:47 p.m. President Joe Biden gave a speech Thursday at the developing Westwood Veterans Affairs Hospital station – part of the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project – promoting his administration’s efforts to expand infrastructure. The Metro expansion project, which will add seven new stops, including UCLA, to the Purple Line, began in 2019 with local and federal funding, according to the Los Angeles Metro. Read more...
Photo: President Joe Biden speaks at a rally in March 2020. Biden spoke at a campaign event at the developing Westwood Veterans Affairs Metro station Thursday, promoting his efforts to improve infrastructure. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
A new campus group will advocate for lower housing costs in Westwood through student activism. Abundant Housing LA at UCLA, a student chapter of Abundant Housing LA, held its first meeting Monday, discussing current housing costs in Los Angeles and Westwood with Abundant Housing LA organizers. Read more...
Photo: Abundant Housing LA at UCLA, a student chapter of Abundant Housing LA, held its first meeting Monday to discuss high housing costs and lack of housing and their burden on students. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
Two candidates for District 3’s Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representative have advanced to the Nov. 8 general election. Candidates Robert Hertzberg – the current California State Senate majority leader emeritus – and Lindsey Horvath – a member of the West Hollywood City Council – received the highest number of votes in the June 7 primary with 31.08% and 27.74% of votes, respectively, according to the LA County Registrar’s Office. Read more...
Photo: A paper mail-in ballot lays open on a table. Current California State Senate majority leader emeritus Robert Hertzberg and West Hollywood City Council member Lindsey Horvath will remain candidates for District 3’s Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representative in the Nov. 8 general election. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
