Friday, March 29

Dominic Choi receives appointment to serve as interim chief of LAPD

This post was updated Feb. 8 at 10:34 p.m. Dominic Choi was appointed as interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday. Choi will assume the position March 1 and will be the first Asian American to lead the LAPD. Read more...

Photo: Dominic Choi stands behind a podium next to Mayor Karen Bass. Choi was appointed as the interim police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday. (Courtesy of Office of Mayor Bass)



UCLA students, community members protest President Joe Biden’s Westwood visit

This post was updated Feb. 4 at 11:36 p.m.  Students and community members protested President Joe Biden’s visit to Westwood on Saturday. Although no detailed official schedule was released for the president’s visit, Deadline reported that Biden arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to attend a meeting for his 2024 presidential campaign and greet Black leaders in the entertainment industry ahead of the Grammy Awards. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are protesters blocking the road. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)


Democracy Workshop informs Bruins on LA County elections

This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:19 p.m.  The Division of Campus Life and BruinsVote co-hosted an installation of the Democracy Workshops series at the Los Angeles Tennis Center’s Straus Clubhouse on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: A ballot drop box is pictured. Held at the LATC Straus Clubhouse on Tuesday, the Democracy Workshop educated students on elections and voting. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Report on quality-of-life for queer individuals in LA shares challenges, solutions

UCLA’s Williams Institute released a report on the overall quality of life of transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex adults in Los Angeles in November. The report, “From Surviving to Thriving: A Quality-of-Life Study with Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex (TGI) Adults in the City of Los Angeles,” was prepared for the city of LA by the Williams Institute and the Translatin@ Coalition, an LA-based organization committed to addressing the needs of trans Latinx immigrants across the United States. Read more...

Photo: (Graphic/Meng Masroor, Graphics editor)


LA Mayor Karen Bass focuses on homelessness, climate issues in 1st year

This post was updated Jan. 21 at 10:25 p.m. After just over one year in office, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has centered her administration on mitigating the impacts of homelessness and climate issues. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is pictured. Over the past first year of her term, Bass has centered her administration on homelessness and climate issues. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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