By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Staff UCLA will become the first American law school to offer a specialization in racial issues by allowing next year’s students to take part in the Critical Race Studies Concentration. Read more...

  Photos by KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Current Sepi’s owner and UCLA alumna Jinny Hwang (right) has been serving hungry customers for 15 years in Westwood. Read more...

By Kevin Lee Daily Bruin Contributor Most Southern California Asian Pacific Islanders voted Democrat this past election, according to an exit poll conducted by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center Nov. Read more...

  NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin Chancellor Albert Carnesale (left) and UCSB Chancellor Henry Yang listen as Gov. Gray Davis presides over a teleconference. By Marcelle Richards Daily Bruin Contributor The California NanoSystems Institute, a joint enterprise between UCLA and UC Santa Barbara, landed a victory Thursday when Gov. Read more...

California declares power emergency In an unprecedented electricity emergency, California avoided blackouts by tapping power from enormous water pumps. But worried authorities awaited a new threat ““ an expected blast of arctic air that could send energy demands soaring. Read more...

By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Staff A string of sexual assaults has plagued the campus and its surrounding areas since August, with the latest incident occurring Friday. Read more...