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...

The tragedy at Santa Monica’s Farmers’ Market on Wednesday reminds us all how fragile life can be ““ dozens of lives ended instantly when a car driven by an elderly man careened down the wrong street. Read more...