Faculty discussed a new flood control and stormwater recapture program that has had a successful pilot run during its usage in recent storms in the Los Angeles area. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the Luskin School of Public Affairs, where the Luskin Center for Innovation is housed. In 2015, the Luskin Center for Innovation’s researchers evaluated the Avalon Project’s pilot program in South Los Angeles. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA Health received a $25.3 million, two-year grant from the state of California to expand the efforts of the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative program, which provides free mobile health care to the local population of people experiencing homelessness. Read more...
Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. UCLA Health recently received a $25.3 million, two-year grant to further the work of the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative Program. The program currently provides mobile health care to people experiencing homelessness in Westwood.(Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA researchers found that around 75% of Los Angeles Metro bus stops do not provide shelter from extreme heat, raising concerns for citizens who use the public transportation system. Read more...
Photo: A Los Angeles Metro bus waits at a stop (pictured). A UCLA study found that about a quarter of over 10,000 bus stops in LA have adequate shelters to protect passengers from extreme heat, which kills more than 700 people in the United States every year. (Ethan Manafi/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated April at 11:30 p.m. The nation’s largest public art project dedicated to Black history will be unveiled in Los Angeles this fall. Read more...
Photo: A rendering of Destination Crenshaw is pictured. The nation’s largest art demonstration honoring Black history has been advised by Darnell Hunt, UCLA’s executive vice chancellor and provost. (Courtesy of Destination Crenshaw)
Stepping onto the tarmac at Santa Monica Flyers, Vedant Bhargava always reminds himself to go back to the same checklist – a mindset he calls “airplane mode.” The second-year economics student completes a laundry list of pre-flight checks before takeoff in a four-seat, single-engine airplane, including some for weather, passenger safety, fuel, and other flight technologies and conditions. Read more...
Photo: Second-year economics student Vedant Bhargava pilots a plane over Santa Monica. Bhargava said he has taken trips to locations all across Southern California. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve a plan to convert the city’s largest gas power plant to green hydrogen. The plant’s transformation will advance the city’s goal of reaching 100% clean electricity by 2035, said Paul Krekorian, president of the LA City Council and District 2 council member. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Hall. The LA City Council has approved a plan to convert Scattergood Generating Station, the largest gas power plant in the city, to green hydrogen. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Jan. 17 calling on UCLA to endorse a heavy rail alternative for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project and criticizing Vice Chancellor Michael Beck for meetings that the Los Angeles Metro says breached their pre-development agreement with BYD. Read more...
Photo: The Metro is pictured. The Undergraduate Students Association Council called on UCLA to endorse a heavy rail alternative for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. (Esther Ma/Daily Bruin staff)
