Friday, July 4

UC Berkeley law student to promote inclusivity, affordability as student regent

This post was updated Aug. 12 at 8:41 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed Marlenee Blas Pedral as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. Blas Pedral, a first-generation, rising second-year UC Berkeley law student, is the 48th student regent and will serve as the student regent-designate in discussions for the upcoming academic year, according to a University of California Office of the President press release. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to serve as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. (Courtesy of Phoenisha Schuhmeier)



UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies releases report on UCPD activity

This post was updated July 22 at 9:55 p.m. A minority of UCPD policing events involves force, the threat of violence or follow up actions, UCLA researchers said in an April report. Read more...

Photo: A report made by the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies found that a large majority of instances investigated by the UCPD have no criminal law follow-up. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


University of California to welcome most diverse admit class in fall 2021

This post was updated July 25 at 7:58 p.m. The University of California admitted its most diverse group of students for fall 2021 entry.   According to a UC Office of the President press release, 43% of admitted California freshmen are of racial and ethnic minority groups.  Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC saw a 11% increase in freshman admissions systemwide over 2020. Read more...

Photo: The University of California admitted the most diverse group of freshmen students and a record number of transfer students for fall 2021, the UC Office of the President announced Monday. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC-AFT to hold state-supervised mediation with UC after unresolved negotiations

This post was updated July 18 at 6:47 p.m. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the University of California are set to hold state-supervised mediations Tuesday and Wednesday after lecturer contract negotiations remain unsettled for more than two years. Read more...

Photo: The University Council-American Federation of Teachers can legally go on strike if state-mediated negotiations with the University of California later this month remain unsettled. (Daily Bruin file photo)


James Heaps’ lawyers file motion to dismiss indictment for felony sexual assault

Lawyers representing former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps on sexual assault charges filed a court motion Thursday to dismiss Heaps’s indictment. Heaps is accused by hundreds of women of sexual misconduct and assault while working as a gynecologist at UCLA and was indicted in late May on 21 counts of felony sexual assault. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps’ lawyers filed a court motion Thursday to dismiss his indictment in late May. Heaps is accused by hundreds of women of sexual assault and misconduct, including 21 counts of felony sexual assault. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin)