Friday, February 6

LA Metro approves Sepulveda Pass heavy rail plan with UCLA stop

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 9:52 p.m. Editor’s note: This article, its photo caption and its headline were updated Jan. 25 at 7:58 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority unanimously approved a multibillion dollar heavy rail plan through the Sepulveda Pass – which includes a stop on UCLA’s campus – Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA groups join LA protests condemning ICE, Nicolás Maduro capture

UCLA student groups and labor unions joined thousands of protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to condemn violent acts by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Units of United Auto Workers are pictured at a November rally. Members of UAW Local 4811 joined UCLA student groups condemning immigration enforcement violence and United States foreign intervention at a Saturday protest in downtown Los Angeles. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA health experts voice concern over CDC child vaccination guideline rollbacks

When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in severe cases, killing them. Read more...

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pictured. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)


LA Metro staff recommend transit project alternative including UCLA stop

This post was updated Jan. 14 at 1:54 p.m. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a station on UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. Read more...

Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured running through the Sepulveda Pass. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a heavy rail train station underneath UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Fit for Health Program adopts holistic approach to childhood obesity

The UCLA Fit for Health Program adopted a new approach to treating childhood obesity: considering the physical, emotional and social aspects of the disease. Dr. Wendelin Slusser, a UCLA Health physician who specializes in clinical care, medical training and obesity research, founded the clinic about 15 years ago. Read more...

Photo: (Caitlin Brockenbrow/Daily Bruin)


Uncertainty for AmeriCorps leads to less support, planning concerns for CA programs

Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. The Trump administration withheld more than $184 million in grants from AmeriCorps, which provides funding to a variety of community service programs – mainly focusing on education, public health and environmental stewardship – last spring. Read more...

Photo: The AmeriCorps volunteer website is pictured. Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)



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