ANGIE LEVINE Many Southern California beaches, including Malibu, have been closed this summer due to water pollution. By Arj Arjunan Daily Bruin Contributor While Los Angeles County has experienced fewer beach closures than Orange County, this summer L.A. Read more...

  Photo courtesy of SPARC Renowned muralist and UCLA Professor Judith F. Baca was named "Educator of the Year" at the Hispanic Heritage Awards Saturday. She explained that teaching through art is a powerful way of educating others. Read more...

By Arj Arjunan Daily Bruin Contributor Beginning this fall, the university is requiring that all students have medical insurance. To comply with a University of California mandate, UCLA automatically enrolls students in its Student Health Insurance Plan, which will cost an annual $534 for undergraduate students and $720 for graduates. Read more...

  DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Marina Sheinberg, assistant to the vice provost of hospital systems, talks to a crowd of UCLA Medical Center employees on Aug. Read more...

BASE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved $128, 245.75 in funding for student organizations, and $56,225.57 for USAC offices. For the breakdown of individual USAC offices, see the pie chart.Click here to see the bigger version of the infographic Click here to see the bigger version of the infographic SOURCE: http://students.asucla.ucla.edu/Funding/budget_board_info.html Original graphic by JOAN ONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Web adaptation by MIKE OUYANG and CHRISTINE TAN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff By Robert Salonga Daily Bruin Staff In the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s first base budget allocations since changing its by-laws last spring, the Budget Review Committee received the most applications for funding in recent history. Read more...

BRIDGET O’BRIEN/Daily Bruin Senior Staff (left) A flag is burned during the Democratic National Convention protests in August 2000. (right) Protesters burn a homemade U.S. flag at the Aug. Read more...

By Michaele Turnage Daily Bruin Senior Staff Five delegates from Beijing Medical University of China met with UCLA administrators and faculty over lunch at the Faculty Center on Aug. Read more...