This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:22 p.m. Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers, one of the oldest family-owned businesses in Westwood, closed Saturday. Sarah “Sunny” Friedman and Leonard “Lenny” Friedman opened the store, located at 1055 Westwood Blvd., in 1946 under the name Crescent Jewelers. Read more...
Photo: Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers’ 75th anniversary celebration is pictured. The jeweler, which is one of Westwood Village’s oldest businesses, shuttered Saturday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Billy Gene Mills, the first Black graduate of the UCLA School of Law, died June 27. He was 96. Mills earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 1951 and graduated from the School of Law in 1954. Read more...
Photo: The Mills family is pictured. Billy Gene Mills died June 27 at 96. (Courtesy of Flossie Burnley)
The California Legislature approved a bill Friday that would allow undocumented students to hold campus jobs at UCLA and other public universities across the state. The Opportunity for All Act – or Assembly Bill 713 – would bar the UC, California State University and California Community Colleges from denying students employment based solely on their ability to provide proof of federal work authorization. Read more...
Photo: A community member holds a sign in support of the Opportunity for All movement. The California Legislature approved a bill Friday that would allow undocumented students to hold campus jobs at public universities across the state. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:11 p.m. The California State Assembly passed a UC-backed multibillion-dollar bond measure Monday that, if approved by voters, would fund scientific research throughout the state. Senate Bill 895 – or the California Science and Health Research Bond Act – would create the California Foundation for Science and Health Research, which would award $7.5 billion in grants and loans to private and public research institutions, including the UC. Read more...
Photo: Lab equipment is pictured. The California State Assembly passed a UC-backed multibillion-dollar bond measure Monday that, if approved by voters, would fund scientific research throughout the state. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 7:14 p.m. A UCLA doctoral student filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday, alleging that the university unfairly suspended him for participating in pro-Palestine protests. Read more...
Photo: Dylan Kupsh, a member of Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, (left) and another activist (right) stand outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Courthouse in April 2025. Kupsh filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents on Tuesday, alleging that the university unfairly suspended him for participating in pro-Palestine protests. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA researchers are partnering with a biotech company to test a wearable pendant that could detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Researchers from the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology will conduct a year-long joint study with biotech company BioSensics. Read more...
Photo: Bijan Najafi, a principal investigator on the grant and a professor of surgery, is featured. Najafi and other researchers are working with biotech company BioSensics to create a device that simultaneously tracks movement and speech and may help doctors diagnose dementia patients early on. (Courtesy of Bijan Najafi)
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 6:38 p.m. The UC has become more reliant on tuition revenue because of state funding fluctuations, according to a June report from a California research institute. Read more...
Photo: The UC flag is pictured. A June report from a California research institute found that the University is more reliant on tuition revenue than other state universities. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
