Thursday, February 5

News outlets call recall race for Gov. Gavin Newsom, results await certification

Incumbent California Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in office as recall ballots continue to be counted, according to several sources.   The recall election was initiated after recall supporters gathered more than 1.6 million valid signatures by the March 17 deadline. Read more...

Photo: According to preliminary election polls and various news outlets, California Gov. Gavin Newsom will not be recalled. (Creative Commons photo by the Office of the Governor of California via Wikimedia Commons)


UCLA ranked No. 1 public university in the US for 5th straight year

UCLA has ranked as the No. 1 public university in the United States for the fifth straight year, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges ranking.  The U.S. Read more...

Photo: For the fifth year in a row, UCLA has been ranked the No. 1 public university, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges ranking. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA law students support Yurok Tribe in navigating food sovereignty

Three UCLA law students helped a Native American tribe in California navigate decades of legal framework that inhibited their food sovereignty. The Yurok Tribe’s ancestral territory stretches through Northern California, including a reservation along the Klamath River. Read more...

Photo: Nicole Hansen was one of three law school students who worked to improve food safety and sovereignty for the Native American Yurok Tribe in northern California. (Courtesy of Nicole Hansen)


UCLA professors shine light on border crisis in new documentary ‘Águilas’

This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:59 p.m. Two UCLA professors hope to raise awareness about the border crisis and humanize the experiences of undocumented migrants who died trying to cross the United States-Mexico border in the documentary “Águilas.” The film features the humanitarian organization Aguilas del Desierto and its missions in the Sonoran Desert to find missing migrants. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Maite Zubiaurre)


UCLA-led study finds medical debt disproportionately affects lower-income areas

This post was updated Aug. 29 at 8:35 p.m. Medical debt is the leading source of U.S. debt and disproportionately affects low-income individuals and Americans in the South, according to a UCLA-led study published in July. Read more...

Photo: Medical debt is the leading source of debt in the U.S., reaching $140 billion in 2020, according to researchers at UCLA, Harvard University and Stanford University. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Researchers find link between expiring eviction moratoriums, COVID-19 case rates

Expiring eviction moratoriums may have contributed to a rise in COVID-19 case rates and mortality rates in several states in 2020, according to a recent UCLA study. Read more...

Photo: States where eviction moratoriums expired in 2020 saw significant surges in new COVID-19 cases and deaths, according to a recent UCLA study. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)




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