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Los Angeles, News, Obituaries

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August 27, 8:06 pm

UCLA alumnus, Catch One founder, HIV/AIDS activist Jewel Thais-Williams dies at 86

Jewel Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumnus, the founder of LGBTQ+ nightclub Jewel’s Catch One and an HIV/AIDS activist, died July 7. She was 86. Thais-Williams opened Catch One on West Pico Boulevard in 1973 to serve as “a sacred space” for underserved communities of color, said Donald Kilhefner, who was a close friend of Thais-Williams for more than 40 years. Read more...

Photo: Jewel Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumnus and HIV/AIDS activist, is pictured. Thais-Williams died at 86 after creating safe spaces as the founder of LGBTQ+ nightclub Jewel’s Catch One. (Courtesy of APLA Health)

Los Angeles, News, Regents, UC

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August 14, 7:24 pm

UC Regent Jay Sures required to pay legal fees for pro-Palestine UCLA student

This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:41 p.m. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of graduate student Dylan Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against him.  Kupsh – along with around 50 other pro-Palestine protesters – demonstrated outside Sures’ Brentwood home in February, calling him “responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing.” Lawyers representing Sures initially alleged that Kupsh was a “ringleader” among the protesters, but were unable to prove the claim in court. Read more...

Photo: Dylan Kupsh, a UCLA graduate student (left), and another pro-Palestine activist (right) speak to Kupsh’s supporters outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Courthouse. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against Kupsh following his participation in a pro-Palestine protest outside Sures’ home. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Crime, Los Angeles, News

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August 2, 2:58 pm

Man charged with assault on pro-Palestine protesters in encampment takes plea deal

A counter-protester charged with assaulting protesters at UCLA’s Palestine solidarity encampment in spring 2024 accepted a plea deal July 7. Malachi Marlan-Librett, who graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2019 and then attended a UCLA film program, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, battery and a hate crime after he allegedly assaulted, followed and yelled racial epithets at pro-Palestine protesters in the encampment. Read more...

Photo: A counter-protester sprays chemicals on people inside the Palestine solidarity encampment in spring 2024. A man charged with assaulting protesters at the encampment accepted a plea deal July 7. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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August 1, 8:41 pm

Thrift store 2nd Street holds grand opening for 1st Westwood location

2nd Street, a Japanese thrift store chain focused on diverse and sustainable style, opened a location in Westwood last Friday. The chain has over 700 locations in Japan and opened its first United States store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles in January 2018. Read more...

Photo: The entrance to 2nd Street is pictured. The Japanese thrift store chain opened its first Westwood location last Friday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Crime, Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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July 27, 4:43 pm

LAPD arrests individual for threatening Westwood Village ambassadors with blade

One person was arrested Sunday after threatening Westwood Village ambassadors with a metal blade at the intersection of Weyburn Avenue and Glendon Avenue.  David Tunnell, a Westwood Village ambassador, said two of his coworkers arrived at the Corner Outlet around noon after receiving a report of a possible shoplifter. Read more...

Photo: An LAPD helicopter is pictured. One person was arrested in Westwood after threatening Westwood Village ambassadors with what appeared to be a box cutter on Sunday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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