The caliber of the University of California will decline as it struggles with the state budget crisis, the university’s senior budget administrator said Thursday. “I do not want to suggest to you that quality will not be eroded. Read more...

On Dec. 10, 1999, the disappearance of a student living on campus shocked the UCLA community. Three years later, detectives say there is still no sign of Michael Negrete’s whereabouts. Read more...

Smiling from ear to ear, Ben Howland was formally introduced as the UCLA head men’s basketball coach on Thursday. The 45-year-old Southern California native glowed as UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero made the formal announcement in front of a horde of broadcast media, print media, boosters, UCLA administrators and Howland’s family in the J.D. Read more...

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After the media blackout at this year’s Academy Awards, the trail for the Hollywood Unholy turned cold for Christy and me. So I decided to take my common-law wife/latter-day bodyguard out for a drink. Read more...

CNN not the only biased network I don’t like to waste my time addressing anti-war rhetoric cloaked in a guise of professional scrutiny and I am certainly not CNN’s biggest fan. Read more...