A professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine was charged with distributing and possessing child pornography, a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office news release announced Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: A professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine was charged with the distribution and possession of child pornography. He plead not guilty at his arraignment Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Times. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A former track coach who allegedly trained multiple UCLA students at Drake Stadium was accused of sexually abusing 41 men since 1975, ESPN reported Thursday. ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported that Conrad Mainwaring, a former Olympian and track and field trainer, has been accused of inappropriate sexual contact with many of his trainees. Read more...
Photo: The most recent accuser of Mainwaring was training with him at Drake Stadium in June 2016 when another accuser confronted Mainwaring, Outside the Lines reported. After he confronted Mainwaring, the accuser and others wrote letters to the UCLA athletic department to get Mainwaring banned from UCLA’s campus, which he was in August 2016, according to Outside the Lines. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every two weeks in the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Read more...
The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was ranked No. 1 in California and Los Angeles by U.S. News & World Report on Monday. U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, which evaluated 4,653 hospitals nationwide, published its regional and national rankings Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health hospitals ranked No. 1 in California and Los Angeles, as well as No. 6 nationally, by the U.S. News & World Report rankings Monday. Hospitals were evaluated based on adult and pediatric medical specialties as well as procedures and conditions. (Daily Bruin file photo)
University of California promised increased pay for a labor union and called for an end to strikes for the duration of the contract in a tentative five-year deal Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California reached a tentative agreement with University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 Tuesday. Unions members are expected to vote on the agreement in the coming weeks. (Jocelyn Dao/Daily Bruin)
The Los Angeles Superior Court suspended former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist James Heaps’ medical license in a court hearing July 30. The interim suspension against Heaps will last for the duration of the criminal sexual assault case against him. Read more...
Photo: James Heaps (left) and attorney Tracy Green (right) appeared in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. During the hearing, Heaps’ medical license was suspended. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated July 30 at 10:25 a.m. Updates to the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project include higher cost estimates, projected ridership numbers and plans for more public input. Read more...
Photo: Metro project managers released estimated costs and ridership figures for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. Proposed lines are set to go from the Van Nuys Metrolink Station to the Metro Expo Line. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
