Members of the United Auto Workers Local 4811 joined students across the UC on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s cuts in National Institutes of Health funding. Read more...
Photo: Sydney Campbell presents during a union-wide meeting focused on implementing strategies to fight the NIH funding cuts. (Courtesy of UAW Local 4811 Communications)
Editor’s note: This article includes mentions of gun violence that may be disturbing to some readers. UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union and Academic Advancement Program co-hosted a memorial Thursday for two students and Black Panthers killed in Campbell Hall. Read more...
Photo: A stone outside Campbell Hall recognizes the deaths of Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter and John Huggins Jr. – two UCLA students and members of the Black Panther Party who were shot inside Campbell Hall on Jan. 17, 1969. UCLA’s Afrikan Student Union and Academic Advancement Program co-hosted an annual memorial Thursday for the two students. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it sent two squads to back up police who cleared last spring’s Palestine solidarity encampment – but only after an acting captain told the Daily Bruin it hadn’t participated at all. Read more...
Photo: A letter stating that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not send officers to the UCLA campus during last spring’s encampment is layered over a collage of photos showing LASD officers on campus. LASD did in fact send officers to campus to assist with protest policing, a senior officer said. (Photos by Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff and Zimo Li/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Lindsey Murto/Design director)
A new matcha brand is mixing up Los Angeles’ caffeine scene – and is now in Westwood. Ministry of Coffee added Nekohama matcha to its menu in October. Read more...
Photo: A matcha cup is placed near a bush. A new matcha brand has been showing up across Los Angeles and has made its way to Westwood. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 9 at 11:05 p.m. Some Westwood residents lost power twice Saturday. Residents living on Glenrock Avenue, Levering Avenue and Midvale Avenue reported power outages beginning around 2:10 p.m., with power still out as of 3:35 p.m. Read more...
Photo: University Apartments on Glenrock Avenue are pictured. Residents living in the apartments reported losing power Saturday. (Dylan Winward/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 10:28 p.m. Staff research associates at the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab protested Wednesday against alleged wage theft and unfair labor practices. The SRAs were originally promised to receive raises in 2023 and have allegedly been denied over $500,000 collectively, according to signs from the protest and a document obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...
Photo: The staff research associates protest in front of the UCLA Olympic Analytical Lab director’s door, with many holding signs. The SRAs were originally promised to receive raises in 2023 and have allegedly been denied over $500,000 collectively. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 10:25 p.m. Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated outside UC Regent Jay Sures’ Brentwood house early Wednesday morning. The protest, organized by Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, began before 7:30 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Regent Jay Sures’ house is pictured. Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated outside Sures’ home early Wednesday morning. (Dylan Winward/Daily Bruin senior staff)
