Thursday, June 18


Villaraigosa at one year

One year has passed since Antonio Villaraigosa was sworn into office as the 41st mayor of Los Angeles, and in that time the L.A. native has begun work on improving homeless services in the city, but has also received criticism for his proposals regarding public education. Read more...


Close election divides Mexico

As he discusses the recent Mexican presidential election, Alfonso Galindo offers to show his Mexican voting card, eagerly looking through his wallet hoping to find it. Read more...



Hospital construction continues

Seven years after the announcement that UCLA would be constructing a new medical center, and three years after the initial date that the center was set to be completed, the doors of UCLA’s new medical facility are still more than a year away from opening. Read more...


News briefs

Professor emeritus of neurobiology dies at 91 Charles “Tom” Sawyer, a professor emeritus of neurobiology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and one of the creators of the UCLA Brain Research Institute’s Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, died June 20 at the age of 91. Read more...