Los Angeles Police Department crime statistics for 2014 showed a citywide spike in violent crimes after 12 years of dropping city crime rates. At a news conference in December, officers said robberies, homicides, rapes and other violent offenses in Los Angeles had increased by more than 12 percent in the past two years. Read more...
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January 8, 1:57 am
LAPD statistics show citywide spike in violent crimes
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January 8, 1:55 am
Zev Yaroslavsky shaped development of Westwood Village over 20-year run
Once he graduated from UCLA, Zev Yaroslavsky never really left West Los Angeles or the realm of politics. Yaroslavsky, a former Los Angeles County supervisor and a UCLA alumnus, stepped down from office in December because of a term limit after nearly 40 years representing Westwood in local offices. Read more...
Photo: Zev Yaroslavsky, a former Los Angeles County supervisor and a UCLA alumnus, stepped down from office in December after nearly 40 years representing Westwood in local offices. (Daily Bruin File Photo)
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January 8, 1:49 am
UCLA’s online graduate engineering program ranked No. 1
The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science was ranked first in the country in the third annual U.S. News and World Report online graduate engineering program rankings released Wednesday. Read more...
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January 8, 1:43 am
Westwood sees changes in restaurant, business locations
In recent months, business owners have spent millions of dollars making changes to their stores in Westwood, from renovating California Pizza Kitchen to building a new UPS Store to moving the apparel store 901Westwood.com to a larger space. Read more...
Photo: The new space for 901Westwood.com, a UCLA apparel and accessory store at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue, is twice as big and has a larger selection of blue and gold merchandise for UCLA students. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 7, 3:39 am
UCLA to offer Cuba study abroad summer program
UCLA will add Havana, Cuba to the list of destinations students can visit starting in summer 2015. UCLA is the second University of California campus to offer a study abroad program in Cuba after UC Davis. Read more...
Photo: Students can study abroad in Cuba because of eased relations between the U.S. and the island nation. (Courtesy of Devin Murphy)
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January 7, 1:20 am
Alum Henry Waxman retires from Congress, leaves legislative legacy
A former U.S. Representative who went to UCLA with Henry Waxman said that behind his serious and earnest demeanor is a wicked sense of humor used throughout his years in Congress. Read more...
Photo: Former congressman Henry Waxman retired Saturday after 40 years as a legislator and politician. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 7, 1:18 am
New UCLA SCUBA Club reaches out to diving community on campus
A massive sicklefin lemon shark suddenly interrupted fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari’s scuba dive, leaving her watching, amazed, as the rare creature swam off into the tropical waters of the South Pacific. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year marine biology student Emily Ferrari, fourth-year marine biology student Binal Patel and fourth-year ecology, behavior and evolution student Aislinn Dunne helped found the SCUBA Club at UCLA, which helps unite students who enjoy scuba diving. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)