This post was updated Oct. 3 at 3:19 a.m. LAPD closed part of Sunset Boulevard on Thursday night while searching for a murder suspect about a quarter mile away from UCLA’s campus in Westwood. An LAPD officer told the Daily Bruin at 8:15 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Glenroy Avenue is pictured. LAPD closed the intersection Thursday night while searching for a murder suspect. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 7 at 6:06 p.m. Only around 6% of active physicians across the country are Hispanic. Because of that disparity, Latinos in Surgery – a student organization founded at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine – encourages Latino medical students to not only pursue medicine but also enter its most competitive surgical specialties. Read more...
Photo: Jose Segura-Bermudez, Alejandra Lopez Macha and Victor Arechiga – the three co-founders of Latinos in Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine – are pictured from left to right. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 5 at 9:32 p.m. Construction on the sidewalks of Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue has forced pedestrians to walk in the street and caused accessibility issues for over a year. Read more...
Photo: The intersection of Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue is pictured. Blocked sidewalks next to the intersection have made it common for pedestrians to walk in the street. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office reached an agreement Aug. 20 with a person who had been accused of firing tear gas and assaulting a journalist at the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) The 2024 Palestine Solidarity Encampment is pictured. Counter-protesters used fireworks and tear gas to attempt to storm the encampment on the evening of April 30 and early morning of May 1, 2024.
This post was updated Sept. 28 at 9:18 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of child sexual abuse that may be disturbing to some readers. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Krieger Child Care Center is pictured. A law firm representing an additional victim of Christopher Rodriguez – a former teacher at the Krieger Center who was convicted on multiple counts of child sexual abuse in April – has filed a lawsuit against the UC, alleging negligence. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 1 at 1:53 a.m. A 17-story office building in Westwood is set to be converted to 320 new apartment units. Douglas Emmett – a real estate investment trust that owns and operates office buildings and apartment complexes in Southern California and Honolulu – acquired the property, located at 10900 Wilshire Blvd., from Tishman Speyer for $131 million in January. Read more...
Photo: (Gina Namkung/Daily Bruin)
Hundreds of researchers, faculty and students attended a two-part science fair for suspended research projects Sept. 10 and 11. The UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute led the first day of the fair at the northwest corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Attendees and United Auto Workers Local 4811 members view posters of suspended research in the Rolfe Hall courtyard. Nearly $600 million of UCLA’s federal research funding was frozen by the federal government in July. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
