Saturday, October 31

Closure of site used for temporary housing leaves many without shelter

This post was updated May 29 at 3:34 p.m. A temporary shelter established to house individuals experiencing homelessness during the pandemic has been closed since September, leaving many without shelter during the worst COVID-19 spike in LA County. Read more...

Photo: Since Westwood Recreation Center closed in September, past residents of the temporary COVID-19 shelter no longer have access to it for housing. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)


Despite recommendations, some departments fail to accept P/NP grading for credit

This post was updated on Jan 10 at 4:58 p.m. At least three academic departments will not alter their degree plans to allow students to use pass/no pass courses to count toward certain degree requirements in the winter 2021 quarter, despite recommendations from the Academic Senate. Read more...

Photo: Student leaders asked the Academic Senate to pressure individual academic departments to implement pass/no pass grading accommodations. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Stay-at-home order extended in Southern California as ICU capacities fall

This post was updated on Jan. 10 at 4:55 p.m. Southern California will remain in the state’s regional stay-at-home order for the time being because of low ICU capacity in the region, a state health official announced Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: LA County, which is part of the Southern California region, is set to remain in the state’s regional stay-at-home order for at least another four weeks. Even then, health officials project the region’s ICU capacity to remain at 0%, in which case the stay-at-home order will be extended further. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)



UCLA Health administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers

UCLA Health administered its first COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. Medell Briggs-Malonson, an emergency medicine physician at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, was the first person to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Health administered its first COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday after receiving a shipment of doses Tuesday. Medell Briggs-Malonson, a UCLA emergency medicine physician, was the first person to receive a vaccine at UCLA. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin)


UCLA Health receives its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines

UCLA Health received a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday and expects to begin vaccinations for some UCLA healthcare workers by Wednesday. UCLA Health is acting as a regional hub to distribute vaccines to other acute-care hospitals and is implementing plans to administer the vaccine, UCLA Health said in an emailed statement Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Health received a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday and expects to begin administering the vaccines Wednesday. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Graduate students advocate for representation on dean selection committee

This post was updated Dec. 16 at 3:16 p.m. to clarify statements from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter. Graduate student leaders are asking UCLA to include students on the search committee for a new dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Read more...

Photo: The search for a new dean at the School of Education and Information Studies lacks student input, graduate students said. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)