The young man excels at his work, but he hides a secret that could turn others against him: he lives in the favelas, or urban slums, of a city in Brazil. Read more...
Photo: UCLA students traveled to Brazil as part of a study program and created a Theater of the Oppressed piece about racism in Brazil. (Courtesy of Robert Gordon)
Suzanne Herskovic Ponder handed over the keys to Bel Air Camera, a company that had been run by her family for more than 50 years, with a sense of finality. Read more...
Photo: Bel Air Camera leaves behind the legacy of Holocaust survivor and founder William Herskovic after his daughter Suzanne Herskovic Ponder managed it for about 12 years. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)
To DeQuincy Lezine, the downtown buildings near Brown University represented an escape from the emotional distress that consumed him. All it would take was one jump, eight stories up on a hotel parking garage, and he would be free of those shackles. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin)
Associated Students UCLA is returning to a two-tiered wage system for food service jobs, increasing wages for certain types of positions to encourage students to take those jobs. Read more...
Photo: Associated Students UCLA will be returning to a two-tier wage system, paying upper-tier jobs 50 cents per hour more than lower-tier positions like cashiering at restaurants. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
Denea Joseph left Los Angeles on July 22 at 1 a.m. in a packed bus with other black activists from the L.A. chapter of Black Lives Matter and a dozen young children who led chants and songs during the ride. Read more...
This post was updated on Aug. 6 at 4:09 p.m. Two Los Angeles City Council committees approved the city’s mobility plan and heard councilmembers’ amendments Tuesday, including an amendment that would remove plans to add bike lanes on Westwood Boulevard. Read more...
Marina Krygin made all of her childhood friends at the poolside during her brother’s weekly Special Olympics swimming practices. She said she spent so much time with his team that she began to feel like a member. Read more...
Photo: Athletes and coaches of the Special Olympics at UCLA club meet for weekly practices. (Courtesy of Tabitha Lin)
