Susan Abeles’ first grandchild was born mid-March, and although Abeles lives across the street from him, she has only been able to hold him once. Abeles’ daughter occasionally holds up the baby on the porch while Abeles looks on from six feet away. Read more...
Photo: People who are at higher risk for COVID-19 have self-isolated completely. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 3 at 3:35 p.m. Candidates for the 2020-2021 Undergraduate Students Association Council clashed over issues, such as tuition refunds, resources for students amid the COVID-19 pandemic and which special projects to fund, during the annual candidates debate Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Five candidates for Undergraduate Students Association Council president debate over feasibility of platforms, student fees and other campus issues at the 2020 USAC debate.
Emily Luong, president of the Undergraduate Communication Association, felt she was dragged into a hole of anxiety and panic upon discovering spring quarter would be moved to online. Read more...
Photo: As UCLA transitioned to online forums, clubs and student organizations also had to change their engagement methods, transition traditions and end of the year projects. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Latino and Asian majority neighborhoods in Los Angeles County are especially economically vulnerable to disruptions caused by COVID-19, a UCLA study found. The study, which was published April 1 by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, sought to locate neighborhoods in LA County that are particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus because of their large number of at-risk workers. Read more...
Photo: A recent study from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative and the UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge found that Latino- and Asian-majority neighborhoods are particularly vulnerable to the economic impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A UCLA School of Law project is helping judges and advocates respond to the impact of the novel coronavirus in prisons. Sharon Dolovich, a UCLA School of Law professor and Director of the UCLA Prison Law & Policy Program, founded the UCLA COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project on March 17 to track health conditions in incarceration facilities and efforts to decrease prison populations during the pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Researchers at the UCLA School of Law started a data project on March 17 to track health conditions in incarceration facilities and efforts to decrease populations in those facilities. The project has since grown and received positive feedback from judges and advocates using the data for related cases. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated April 29 at 7:18 p.m. All Los Angeles County residents, both with and without symptoms, can receive a free test for the novel coronavirus as of Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles County residents can now receive a free test for COVID-19 even if they do not have any symptoms, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An electrician who worked for UCLA Facilities Management died from COVID-19 on Friday, a UCLA Health spokesperson confirmed. Emmanuel Gomez, a journeyman electrician working at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, died Friday at another hospital, according to a Teamsters Local 2010 webpage dedicated to Gomez. Read more...
Photo: An electrician who worked at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center died Friday from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The employee was a member of the Teamsters Local 2010 union, which is working to set up a fund to help his family and is currently planning a memorial or vigil.
