This post was updated on Feb. 11 at 12:24 a.m. The anti-LGBTQ+ Westboro Baptist Church picketed near the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on Monday morning. Read more...
Photo: Six members of the Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-LGBTQ+ group, picketed near the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs on Monday morning. WBC also held similar protests at USC and two high schools in Los Angeles. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A UCLA-run program offers senior citizens the opportunity to improve their health and contribute to research by volunteering at underachieving elementary schools in south Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Adult volunteers attend their weekly meeting at the 54th Street Elementary School in south Los Angeles. The meeting is part of Generation Xchange, a UCLA-run program that researches the health benefits of volunteering by pairing adults with elementary school classes. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin)
A Tijuana-inspired taco franchise launched its second Los Angeles storefront in Westwood with a free taco promotion Friday evening. Victor Delgado and Jorge Alvarez-Tostado, the owners of Tacos 1986, created the franchise back in 2018 as a taco stand traveling around Los Angeles, making stops in Venice, Smorgasburg and Koreatown. Read more...
Photo: Clients eat tacos on the white counters in front of Tacos 1986, a Tijuana, Mexico, inspired taco joint that opened in Westwood Village on Friday. The red-and-white shop features an open kitchen and no seating. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
University of California patient care and service workers have ratified agreements with the University, with 99% of members voting in support of the contacts. Patient care workers in American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service and patient care employees in the UC, reached a tentative agreement with the University on Jan. Read more...
Photo: Patient care and service workers in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, a University of California union, have reached agreements with the University. The union has gone on strike six times in the last two years. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
Kaplan Hall flooded Friday evening, causing potential class relocations and cancellations. A separated pipe connector caused a chilled water line to break between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Red tape lined the entrance of Kaplan Hall on Sunday evening after a separated pipe connector caused a flood Friday, which impacted 60% of the building. (Marilyn Chavez-Martinez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A student-led initiative hosted a safety fair Thursday at Bruin Plaza to educate the UCLA community on how to respond to emergencies. The Community Emergency Response Team Safety Fair was organized by the CERT Club, a student organization partnered with the UCLA American Red Cross Club and UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management. Read more...
Photo: University of California Police Department officer Paul Wells demonstrates how to deliver a dose of Narcan, a nasal spray used to treat opioid overdose. Wells was one of several at the CERT safety fair, held Thursday on Bruin Walk.(Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
A UCLA professor said she hopes to inspire young girls to get involved in scientific research through her new position at a Los Angeles secondary school. Read more...
Photo: B. N. Horowitz, a UCLA cardiologist and professor of medicine, has taken up the role of researcher in residence at the Archer School for Girls in West LA. Horowitz said she hopes to inspire young girls to get involved in scientific research through the position. (Courtesy of Joanna DeGeneres)
