This post was updated Jan. 22 at 8:19 a.m. As wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 incarcerated firefighters stand on the front lines. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. More than 1,000 incarcerated people are on the front lines of fighting fires in Los Angeles County. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
California State Representative Rick Chavez Zbur and Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath expressed support for Measure G, the California Housing Security Act and more at the North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting Dec. Read more...
Photo: Rick Chavez Zbur speaks in front of the council at the December 2024 North Westwood Neighborhood meeting. Zbur discussed topics such as AI, the unhoused population and housing affordability in California. (Courtesy of North Westwood Neighborhood Council)
Rapid wind gusts, decreased air quality and canceled classes faced members of the Westwood community as fires tore through Los Angeles this week. The first of the fires – which started in the Pacific Palisades – broke out 10:30 a.m. Read more...
Photo: A line of fire from the Pacific Palisades fire moves along a hillside. The fire broke out Tuesday morning and burned over 19,000 acres by Thursday evening. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Gov. Gavin Newsom approved an act to ban the use of cell phones in K-12 schools in September 2024. Assembly Bill 3216 – also known as the Phone-Free School Act – mandates that every school district, charter school or county office of education at the K-12 level develop a rule that will prohibit or limit student use of cellphones when at school or under the supervision of an employee of the school district by July 2026. Read more...
Photo: The social media app TikTok is pictured on a cell phone screen. California recently passed a law banning the usage of cell phones in K-12 schools. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Dec. 26 at 9:11 p.m. UC faculty have delayed sending the UC President and Board of Regents a first-year ethnic studies admissions proposal until they get more clarity from the state legislature’s upcoming budget. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. UC faculty decided to delay until April the furthering of a proposal for an ethnic studies requirement for first-year admits to its colleges, including UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed an extension to California’s existing film and television tax credit program. In October, Newsom announced a proposal to expand California’s film and television tax credit program to $750 million. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles skyline is pictured. In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a tax credit addition to support the entertainment industry in California. (Courtesy of Matthew Field/Wikimedia Commons)
California is collaborating with an artificial intelligence company to further integrate AI into the lives of community college students, educators and workers. Gov. Gavin Newsom and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang signed an initiative this August to form a partnership between the California government and NVIDIA, an AI hardware supplier. Read more...
Photo: A classroom is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a partnership between California community colleges and NVIDIA, an artificial intelligence company. (Daily Bruin file photo)
