The Los Angeles Department of Housing and Urban Development created a waiver last month to expedite the process of providing those experiencing homelessness with permanent housing. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Los Angeles City Hall. A waiver was created by the LA Department of Housing and Urban Development to expedite the process of getting those experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Undergraduate UCLA students can now apply for the Bruin U-Pass, which will provide fare-free access to all public transportation in Los Angeles, UCLA Transportation announced Monday. Read more...
Photo: A Santa Monica Big Blue Bus is pictured. Undergraduate students will now have access to the Big Blue Bus and other public transportation system with the Bruin-U Pass (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Los Angeles City Council is looking into expanding and redistricting as well as reforming the Ethics Commission. The Ad Hoc Committee on City Governance Reform, created and chaired by Council President Paul Krekorian, heard ideas from the community on how to reform the council during an August meeting. Read more...
Photo: City Hall is pictured. The Los Angeles City Council has been looking into expanding the number of seats on the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A team of researchers including a UCLA associate professor has called for increased shade in low-income urban areas. In a July commentary published in Nature by UCLA associate professor Kelly Turner and two Arizona State University faculty members, the authors discuss the phenomenon of shade deserts – areas with little to no protection from sun exposure and heat that tend to be concentrated in low-income neighborhoods. Read more...
Photo: A bus stop with an overhang is pictured. A group of professors, including a faculty member from UCLA, published a commentary in July calling for increased shade in urban areas, particularly in low-income communities. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 20 at 9:35 p.m. Weather experts predict that California will be hit by a tropical storm for the first time in 84 years. Read more...
Photo: Hurricane Hilary is predicted to cause heavy rainfall and high speed winds in the first tropical storm in the southwestern United States in 84 years. (Screen grab by Christopher Buchanan. Courtesy of the National Weather Service)
A roughly 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Ojai, California, on Sunday afternoon. The earthquake, which was felt in Westwood and at UCLA, had an epicenter around four miles southeast of Ojai, 80 miles away from Los Angeles, according to the city of Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles is pictured. The area was impacted by a roughly 5.1 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter 80 miles away. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A trade union launched a new initiative in July that includes a national bus tour, with a stop in Los Angeles on Saturday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees – a trade union of public employees – launched its Staff the Front Lines initiative in July, which entails a bus tour across the U.S. Read more...
Photo: Lisa Palombi, the president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 36 and a librarian in Los Angeles, speaks at an AFSCME press conference on Saturday as part of the union’s Staff the Front Lines bus tour. The bus tour aims to fill vacant roles in public service by connecting with individuals and helping them with the job application process. (Courtesy of AFSCME)
