Sunday, August 2

Student brings back stories from relief mission in typhoon-struck Philippines

One of Alana Sanchez-Prak’s larger host families during her trip to the Philippines relied on coconut trees as its primary source of income. The mother of the family remembered watching the roof fly off her home and seeing the trees collapse while trying to get her family to safety. Read more...

Photo: Undeclared second-year Alana Sanchez-Prak gives lecture about a typhoon aid relief project that she worked on in the Philippines. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)





Man steals 55 MacBook laptops from YRL

University police are searching for a man wanted for stealing 55 MacBook Pro laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library early Saturday morning. The laptops were stolen from an equipment loan room on the ground floor that is part of the Campus Library Instructional Computing Commons, police said. Read more...

Photo: University police say a man entered the Charles E. Young Research Library early Saturday morning and stole 55 MacBook Pro laptops. (UCPD)



New stores, restaurants open in Westwood Village

In the coming months, several new stores and restaurants will open their doors in Westwood Village. The Village is now home to a new European clothing store, and students will soon be able to choose from new dining options at The Boiling Crab, a seafood restaurant, and Koala Tapioca, an Asian fusion restaurant. Read more...