This post was updated Jan. 10 at 11:35 a.m. A recent action by the Los Angeles City Council may lead to a minimum wage for ride-hail drivers and potentially increased prices for consumers in the city. Read more...
Photo: Ride-hail drivers may receive a minimum wage in Los Angeles if the city council decides to enact a law after studying the subject. The move could create a minimum wage for drivers and potentially increase prices for users. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The valley oak, a tree species native to California, is at the root of a new means of determining an organism’s genetic fitness in the face of climate change. Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Daily Bruin senior staff)
When Carl Schottmiller, a disabilities studies professor, took a training hosted by UCLA’s Resilience in the Student Experience Center over the summer, he realized how little he knew about UCLA’s mental health resources. Read more...
Photo: Chris Schottmiller’s disabilities studies class presented projects devoted to raising awareness of mental health resources on campus. During the course of their projects, students conducted surveys and wrote newsletters, among other things. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
A controversial citizenship law passed by the Indian government last month has prompted protests across the country and concern from UCLA faculty and students with ties to India. Read more...
Photo: The Indian government passed a controversial citizenship law in December, leading to protests across the nation. The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast-tracked path to citizenship. However, Muslim migrants are not granted this quicker path to citizenship. (Creative Commons photo by Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Dec. 18 at 11:00 a.m. Labor contract issues that threatened Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate at Loyola Marymount University have been resolved, party and union leaders announced Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren, the first candidate to announce her boycott of the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate, attended the union press conference to celebrate the new labor contract. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
High school students, admissions equity organizations and a Los Angeles school district filed two lawsuits against the University of California on Tuesday, claiming that the use of standardized testing in undergraduate admissions is discriminatory. Read more...
Photo: Four students, five admissions equity organizations and the Compton Unified School District filed lawsuits against the University of California on Tuesday over its use of the SAT and ACT in its admissions process. The lawsuits claim that the use of standardized testing in undergraduate admissions is discriminatory. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually battered a student inside The Study at Hedrick on Tuesday night. A man allegedly walked up behind a UCLA student while she was standing inside The Study café area and grabbed her buttocks at around 7:30 p.m., according to a UCPD crime alert released Wednesday. Read more...
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