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Los Angeles, News, Transportation

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May 31, 7:16 pm

Los Angeles Metro names new chief to lead in-house police force

This post was updated June 1 at 11:59 p.m. Los Angeles Metro will soon have its first chief of police and emergency management. Metro announced in a May 7 statement that William Scott, who was the San Francisco Police Department’s chief for eight years and worked for LAPD for 27 years, will lead the new Transit Community Public Safety Department. Read more...

Photo: A Los Angeles Metro train waits at a station. Metro appointed its first chief of police and emergency management in May. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Westwood

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May 29, 12:50 am

North Westwood Neighborhood Council requests budget increase

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council requested a budget increase from the city of Los Angeles during its March meeting to enhance its ability to allocate money to the Westwood community. Read more...

Photo: Broxton Plaza is pictured. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council requested a budget increase from the city of Los Angeles to better fund local initiatives. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Higher Education, Los Angeles, National, News

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May 26, 7:45 pm

Santa Monica College community expresses concern after ICE deportation of student

This post was updated June 2 at 6:10 p.m. Kaiala Siale fears for her friends’ safety when they walk down the street together. The digital multimedia broadcast production student lives in Westwood and attends Santa Monica College – where she learned through social media that a fellow student was detained and deported this month by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read more...

Photo: The Santa Monica College campus is pictured. SMC community members said they were concerned after the detainment of a student by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in early May. (Courtesy of Carolina Barsakov)

A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News

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May 21, 11:42 pm

‘The program saved my life’: UCLA to eliminate Community Youth Programs

This post was updated May 23 at 12:24 a.m. Kayla Walls began rebelling more and attending school less when her brother died. But the one person who she said did not write her off was MaryAnn Szyskowski, an after-school program school site coordinator for UCLA’s Community Youth Programs. Read more...

Photo: University High School, known to its students as “Uni,” is pictured. UCLA’s Community Youth Programs currently operate at Uni, along with other schools in the Los Angeles area, and primarily serve students from low-income families. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, California, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health

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May 21, 12:29 am

UCLA experts share concerns over background of RFK Jr. as Secretary of HHS

UCLA researchers and policy experts said United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks qualifications for his role and could derail American research and public health efforts. Read more...

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office Feb. 13 as the 26th HHS secretary after then-President-elect Donald Trump named him for the role in November. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)

A Closer Look, California, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health

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May 20, 8:23 pm

Experts discuss AI implications following Trump administration executive order

Artificial intelligence experts at UCLA said AI deregulation creates cultural challenges and has significant business implications following a Trump administration executive order. One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders – executive order 14179 – passed in January and revoked previous AI regulation policies that he described as “barriers to American AI innovation.” Titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” the order places a high emphasis on global leadership and competition and deregulating AI. Read more...

Photo: (Mabel Neyyan/Daily Bruin)

A Closer Look, California, International, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health

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May 19, 9:59 pm

UCLA research programs hit by EPA cuts amid national changes to climate policy

UCLA researchers and policy experts expressed concerns about the qualifications of new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. Since his appointment, Zeldin has overseen the rollback of 31 environmental regulations and has attempted to revise the EPA’s 2009 findings that greenhouse gases endanger public health, according to an EPA press release. Read more...

Photo: Lee Zeldin, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is pictured. Many UCLA researchers and policy experts expressed concerns about Zeldin’s qualifications. (Photo courtesy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency)


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