It was about 20 minutes past midnight. The last three employees finally left Trader Joe’s, and their cars cleared the parking lot. Read more...

Photo: A group of UCLA students meet almost every Friday to go “dumpster diving” for discarded food in the alley behind a Trader Joe’s near campus. The students have found dozens of eggs, lemon tarts, blueberries, strawberries and orange cranberry scones, among other edibles.

More than a decade ago, UCLA began receiving sizable record requests related to her research. The requests asked for descriptions of research grants. Then medical records. Read more...

Although scarcely publicized, the University of California has made a slew of changes to its budget process – which attempt to increase the transparency of how the university system is funded – over the last two years. Read more...

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Up until two years ago, part of a UCLA student’s tuition could be used to fund any number of unrelated costs – such as the salary of a UC Riverside professor or the services provided at UC San Francisco’s medical center. Read more...