Craig Valenzuela, a UCLA alumnus and former Los Angeles Police Department commander, was appointed UCPD’s chief of police in July. He stepped into the role Sept. Read more...
Photo: Craig Valenzuela, UCPD’s chief of police, is pictured. Valenzuela, a UCLA alumnus and former LAPD commander, stepped into the role at the beginning of September. (Courtesy of UCPD)
This post was updated Sept. 2 at 12:43 p.m. Over 15 police vehicles – including an LAPD helicopter – responded to a standoff in Westwood on Tuesday morning that caused traffic delays. Read more...
Photo: Police respond to a standoff on Sepulveda Boulevard. The incident began around 7 a.m. and blocked traffic in both directions. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Andrew Lewis and Elizabeth Brady, two UCLA alumni, were reelected to the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in March and began their two-year terms in July. Lewis is the council’s vice president and chairs the community health, homelessness and safety committee. Read more...
Photo: Andrew Lewis (left) and Elizabeth Brady (right), two members of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council, are pictured. The two UCLA alumni spoke to the Daily Bruin about their goals for the council in the upcoming year. (Left to right: courtesy of Andrew Lewis and courtesy of Elizabeth Brady)
Jewel Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumnus, the founder of LGBTQ+ nightclub Jewel’s Catch One and an HIV/AIDS activist, died July 7. She was 86. Thais-Williams opened Catch One on West Pico Boulevard in 1973 to serve as “a sacred space” for underserved communities of color, said Donald Kilhefner, who was a close friend of Thais-Williams for more than 40 years. Read more...
Photo: Jewel Thais-Williams, a UCLA alumnus and HIV/AIDS activist, is pictured. Thais-Williams died at 86 after creating safe spaces as the founder of LGBTQ+ nightclub Jewel’s Catch One. (Courtesy of APLA Health)
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:08 p.m. A new technology dashboard created by UCLA researchers highlights climate inequity and air pollution in the Latino community. Read more...
Photo: The Climate and Health Dashboard is pictured. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council appointed two new board members at its monthly meeting Aug. 6. The council, which represents Westwood and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council, meets on the first Wednesday of every month at UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace. Read more...
This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:41 p.m. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of graduate student Dylan Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against him. Kupsh – along with around 50 other pro-Palestine protesters – demonstrated outside Sures’ Brentwood home in February, calling him “responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing.” Lawyers representing Sures initially alleged that Kupsh was a “ringleader” among the protesters, but were unable to prove the claim in court. Read more...
Photo: Dylan Kupsh, a UCLA graduate student (left), and another pro-Palestine activist (right) speak to Kupsh’s supporters outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Courthouse. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against Kupsh following his participation in a pro-Palestine protest outside Sures’ home. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
