As the California legislature argues over how to cope with a $38 billion shortfall, the state budget deadlock claimed another casualty last week ““ a financial aid grant that is distributed to over 220,000 college and junior college students. Read more...

The UCLA Library will cancel over 1,400 academic journals and database subscriptions this coming year as it faces budget cuts and serial price inflation. Associate University Librarian Cynthia Shelton said the cancellations ““ the first of their kind in over five years ““ are expected to save $450,000 at a time when the budget outlook for coming years is unpromising. Read more...

Jaime Gutierrez recently broke his ankle. Because he is uninsured, he had to drive 40 miles to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. But he said after waiting for 10 hours, he left without seeing a doctor. Read more...

SANTA MONICA “”mdash; Hundreds of mourners stood quietly at the intersection of Third Street and Arizona Avenue on Saturday, braving the noonday sun to attend a ceremony commemorating 10 victims killed by a car that drove through the farmers’ market there July 16. Read more...

Special Graduations The University of California Board of Regents rejected a proposal from Regent Ward Connerly on July 16 that would have suspended university funding to special graduation ceremonies, despite Connerly’s efforts to remove the proposal from a vote. Read more...

The first results of a UCLA study released last week show that California taxpayers are saving more money than expected due to Proposition 36, which gives first- and second-time drug offenders the option of rehabilitation with probation instead of jail time. Read more...

With the first phase of construction of the 294-space Dykstra Hall parking structure now visible, students residing on the Hill are comforted by the prospect of increased parking in the near future. Read more...