Tuesday, May 5

UCLA law students win first place for carbon emission-combating startup

Two UCLA law students won $70,000 for creating a startup that recycles carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles into plastic. Mote, a startup company that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in public transportation, won first place in the Lowell Milken Law Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on April 11. Read more...

Photo: Mote, a startup company that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in public transportation, won first place in the Lowell Milken Law Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)


Title IX Office addresses sexual assault, harassment reporting at event

Students, faculty and staff learned about how the UCLA Title IX Office deals with reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment at an event Wednesday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: Mohammed Cato, the Title IX coordinator at UCLA, spoke at an event in which students, faculty and staff learned about how the UCLA Title IX Office deals with reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment. (Daniel Miller/Daily Bruin)


Street vending legalized in Los Angeles, but with limitations

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to legalize street vendors within city limits, five years after council members first considered legalization. The council also approved a motion put forward by councilmembers Joe Buscaino, Curren Price and Jose Huizar to not give brick-and-mortar businesses, such as restaurants, the ability to deny street vendors access to sidewalks in their immediate area. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles City Council voted to legalize street vending Tuesday. (Sydney Coneeny/Daily Bruin)





VA to provide parking spots in West Los Angeles for homeless veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs will offer parking spots to homeless U.S. veterans at its West Los Angeles location. City Councilmember Mike Bonin said assigned spots will be provided for the homeless who live in their cars in the next two weeks to help them access social services and, eventually, housing. Read more...

Photo: The Department of Veterans Affairs will assign parking spots to homeless U.S. veterans at its West Los Angeles location to help them access social services and, eventually, housing. (Daily Bruin file photo)