Friday, April 24

Students celebrate UCLA men’s basketball win, start at least two fires

Hundreds of students rushed to the streets of Westwood on Tuesday night after UCLA men’s basketball advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. Read more...

Photo: Hundreds of UCLA students celebrated Tuesday night’s UCLA men’s basketball victory in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament. On Roebling Avenue, students lit objects on fire, prompting a response from both the LAFD and LAPD. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin staff)


LA County to move into orange tier, further ease restrictions on businesses

This post was updated March 30 at 8:32 p.m. Los Angeles County qualified for a less-restrictive tier of the state’s reopening plan Tuesday, and will allow more businesses to reopen and reduce restrictions on indoor capacity limits starting Monday, state officials announced. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County will be able to increase indoor dining capacity and reopen more businesses as the county advances to the less-restrictive orange tier of California’s reopening plan starting Wednesday. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)



Displacement of homeless population at Echo Park sparks protests, clashes with LAPD

More than 200 individuals experiencing homelessness were displaced at Echo Park Lake, leading to protests attended by the UCLA community starting Wednesday. Protests on Wednesday and Thursday led to clashes between 400 police officers and around 200 demonstrators – LAPD declared the assembly unlawful on both nights and arrested 182 individuals, including three members of the media. Read more...

Photo: Protesters gathered at Echo Park Lake on Wednesday and Thursday in solidarity with the homeless population displaced to transitional housing by the city, clashing with the LAPD present on the scene. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)



California to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults starting April 15

This post was updated March 25 at 5:10 p.m. All adults in California will be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Read more...

Photo: California will expand COVID-19 vaccine availability to all adults by April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a press conference Thursday. People 50 years and older will be eligible by April 1, and people 16 years and older will be eligible by April 15. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


UCLA student allegedly involved in Capitol riots to be released from custody

A federal judge approved a motion Wednesday that will allow Christian Secor to be released from federal custody pending trial. Secor, a UCLA undergraduate who was arrested in February for his alleged involvement in the Jan. Read more...

Photo: Christian Secor, a UCLA student facing 10 federal charges related to his alleged involvement in the U.S. Capitol riots, will be able to be released from federal custody pending trial. Per the terms of his release, he will have to post $200,000 bail and will have to remain in home incarceration. (Courtesy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)