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California, News, Science & Health

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February 2, 5:38 pm

Court reverses former UCLA gynecologist sexual battery conviction, orders retrial

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 10:55 p.m. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sending the case back to court. Read more...

Photo: James Heaps, a former UCLA gynecologist who was sentenced to prison for felony sexual battery and penetration, sits in court. A state appeals court reversed a ruling Monday against Heaps, sending the case back to court for a retrial. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Academics, Campus, News, Obituaries

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February 1, 9:25 pm

Pulitzer Prize winner, former chair of UCLA History Daniel Walker Howe dies at 88

Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25. He was 88 years old. Howe was a faculty member in UCLA’s history department from 1972 to 1993 and served as the department’s chair from 1983 to 1987. Read more...

Photo: Daniel Walker Howe, the former chair of UCLA’s history department and a Pulitzer Prize winner, died Dec. 25 at 88 years old. Howe – a historian of 19th-century religion – studied religious movements and their impacts on American culture. (Courtesy of the Howe family)

International, News, Westwood

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February 1, 5:58 pm

Thousands of people protest in Westwood for Iranian regime change

This post was updated Feb. 1 at 9:59 p.m. Thousands of people blocked off streets and protested in Westwood on Sunday for Iranian regime change. Protesters – who chanted “we want freedom” and “Trump, act now” – blocked off parts of Westwood Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard starting at about 12:45 p.m.  The Islamic Republic, Iran’s incumbent government, has killed more than 6,000 people since protests broke out in the country in December amid an economic crisis, according to the United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Read more...

Photo: People protest in Westwood on Sunday for Iranian regime change. Protesters blocked off part of Westwood Boulevard between Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard starting at about 12:45 p.m. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)

Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 31, 8:18 pm

Students, community members participate in Westwood homeless count

Community members documented the number of people experiencing homelessness in Westwood as part of a larger Los Angeles wide count Jan. 22. Both first-time volunteers and returners – including UCLA students and faculty – participated in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, an annual three-day count of the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities. Read more...

Photo: A sign reads, “Welcome to the 2026 Homeless Count!” Volunteers helped document the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities throughout the annual count. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


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