Students might not have many options to take classes on campus, but they’ll still have their choice of voting options on campus. Starting at the end of October, voters can cast their ballots at Bradley International Hall, Ackerman Union and the Hammer Museum for the November elections, said Marisa Osborne, the events division manager at Associated Students UCLA. Read more...
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Jordan Yanowitz jolted out of bed at 2:44 a.m. to find a glowing sky and turbulent winds shaking his window blinds. Through the sound of his banging shades and thunder, he heard his parents yelling at his brother to come inside from their backyard where he had been sleeping, said Yanowitz, a third-year ecology, behavior, and evolution student who evacuated his home in Santa Cruz County because of wildfires. Read more...
Photo: Several UCLA students evacuated their homes in August because of the CZU Lightning Complex fires. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A new California law will give people who were sexually assaulted at University of California medical clinics more time to file civil charges. CA Assembly Bill 3092 will give sexual assault survivors until the end of 2021 to file charges against former UCLA doctor James Heaps. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Tuesday that will give people who were sexually assaulted at University of California medical clinics more time to file charges. (Creative Commons photo by Steven Pavlov)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Wednesday to mandate that all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Wednesday to end the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. (Daily Bruin file photos)
Air quality in Los Angeles is projected to remain unhealthy throughout the week because of several nearby wildfires, including the Bobcat fire. Los Angeles has an Air Quality Index rating of 130 as of Thursday, which is considered “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” according to IQAir. Read more...
Photo: Air quality in Los Angeles will remain unhealthy throughout the week as nearby fires continue to spread. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
A UCLA professor received a grant to develop a new treatment that could make COVID-19 vaccines more effective. Song Li, the chair of Samueli School of Engineering’s bioengineering department, received a $149,916 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to create a vaccine booster that could help the body defend against the coronavirus. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA professor and his team received a state grant of $149,916 for their COVID-19 research. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated July 29 at 7:47 p.m. A team of UCLA researchers received a state grant to test a new drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19. Read more...
Photo: Researchers at UCLA were awarded a state grant for their research on COVID-19. The project looks to repurpose a known drug to prevent cells from sustaining damage caused by the virus. The research involves multiple labs and is a collective effort. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
