Applications to be a candidate for the graduate student spring elections opened Friday. Graduate students in good academic standing and on track to be enrolled for the next academic year can submit their applications to be a candidate for the Graduate Students Association until March 7 at 3 p.m. Read more...
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More than 100 residents at a Westwood retirement home will no longer have to leave the building, according to a letter released Friday. Watermark Retirement Communities told its residents in the letter they will be able to stay in their unit while the building undergoes an extensive renovation. Read more...
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A tree fell and damaged a Kelton Avenue apartment shortly after noon Friday. Los Angeles Fire Department deployed crews to 617 1/2 Kelton Ave. at about 12:15 p.m. Read more...
Photo: A tree fell through an apartment unit on Kelton Avenue early Friday afternoon. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
Nicole Nordstrom heard faint protests from her bedroom window when she was getting ready to go to class at the University of Cape Town in October. Read more...
Photo: Demonstrators gathered at the University of Cape Town in October to protest tuition increases and the disproportionately low number of black students in higher education. (Courtesy photo of Nicole Nordstrom)
This post was updated Feb. 17 at 3:50 p.m. A team of UCLA professors launched a website last week to support international students affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Read more...
Volunteers throughout California are heeding a call by UCLA researchers to map California’s biodiversity and preserve the state’s environmental history. The project, CALeDNA, aims to assess Californian biodiversity across numerous habitats using soil samples collected by citizen scientists. Read more...
Photo: Volunteers have gathered more than 400 soil samples for CALeDNA, a new program that aims to use DNA sequencing to map the distribution of species across California. (Courtesy of Emily Curd)
Two candidates are running against incumbent Councilmember Paul Koretz for the City Council District 5 seat. The city council election will take place on March 7. Read more...
Photo: Mark Herd, left, has supported Measure S as an effort to fight developer corruption in City Hall. Jesse Creed, right, has pledged to not take any campaign donations from developers. (Courtesy of Mark Herd and Jesse Creed)
