Thursday, March 28

‘Straight-up dangerous’: Students in Westwood Chateau allege unsafe conditions

First, water started leaking from her kitchen ceiling. Then the coughing began.  Jaclyn Schwartz moved into Westwood Chateau, a UCLA-owned apartment, in September. The fourth-year biology student said she was excited to live near campus, but before the quarter was even halfway through, problems arose. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year applied mathematics student Rafi Melikian sits on her sofa in her Westwood Chateau apartment unit. Melikian is one of 11 current residents who alleged health and safety issues in the building. (Alice Yang/Daily Bruin)




Former employees claim Housing Safety endangered student workers, ignored complaints

This post was last updated Jan. 20 at 2:23 p.m. to clarify the meaning of the word “transient” in the accompanying graphic. UCLA Housing Safety dispatched student workers into dangerous situations, ignored workers’ complaints and delayed paychecks, former employees said. Read more...

Photo: (Photo by Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff. Photo illustration by Shruti Iyer/Daily Bruin senior staff)