A tragedy occurred last Christmas Eve when Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, mysteriously disappeared from her Modesto, California home. On April 14 tragedy struck again when her body, along with the body of her unborn son Connor, was discovered washed up on the San Francisco Bay shore. Read more...

As a reporter who has traveled to and covered the news in the Middle East, I was utterly shocked and disturbed by Rebecca Steinfeld’s presentation of inaccurate historical facts and uncalled-for criticism of the Bruins for Israel (“Israeli independence also a Palestinian catastrophe,” May 9). Read more...

Virtually every state across the nation faces budget problems, but California’s deficit is by far the largest. When asked to comment on the state’s budget shortfall, California Assembly Speaker Herb J. Read more...

Of the several thousand seniors who will graduate from UCLA this spring, many have begun taking active steps necessary to ensure their success for the years to come. Read more...

Student activism at UCLA is growing. Students now have campus organizations fighting against sweatshops, war and globalization. They are coalitions devoted to the struggle for a more diverse university environment through the reinstatement of affirmative action. Read more...

Karen Brodkin’s submission (“Cost of war does domestic harm,” May 12) described numerous areas affected by the United States’ apparent readiness to use war as a solution to world conflicts rather than as a last resort. Read more...

High school senior Blair Hornstine is suing her high school for making her share the valedictorian honor with two other students with slightly lower GPAs (which are due to the fact that they took P.E. Read more...