Wednesday, May 14

News outlets call recall race for Gov. Gavin Newsom, results await certification

Incumbent California Gov. Gavin Newsom will remain in office as recall ballots continue to be counted, according to several sources.   The recall election was initiated after recall supporters gathered more than 1.6 million valid signatures by the March 17 deadline. Read more...

Photo: According to preliminary election polls and various news outlets, California Gov. Gavin Newsom will not be recalled. (Creative Commons photo by the Office of the Governor of California via Wikimedia Commons)


UCLA law students support Yurok Tribe in navigating food sovereignty

Three UCLA law students helped a Native American tribe in California navigate decades of legal framework that inhibited their food sovereignty. The Yurok Tribe’s ancestral territory stretches through Northern California, including a reservation along the Klamath River. Read more...

Photo: Nicole Hansen was one of three law school students who worked to improve food safety and sovereignty for the Native American Yurok Tribe in northern California. (Courtesy of Nicole Hansen)




UCLA professors shine light on border crisis in new documentary ‘Águilas’

This post was updated Sept. 6 at 9:59 p.m. Two UCLA professors hope to raise awareness about the border crisis and humanize the experiences of undocumented migrants who died trying to cross the United States-Mexico border in the documentary “Águilas.” The film features the humanitarian organization Aguilas del Desierto and its missions in the Sonoran Desert to find missing migrants. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Maite Zubiaurre)


UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund sponsors sports agency internship for students

This post was updated Sept. 6 at 8:15 p.m. UCLA is offering a newly created summer internship to current or recently graduated students at a sports marketing agency, SPORTFIVE. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund has partnered with sports media and marketing agency SPORTFIVE to offer an internship to one UCLA student or recent graduate each year. The inaugural internship session took place in summer 2021. (David Rimer/Assistant Photo editor)




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