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Co-op housing association provides cheaper alternative to apartments, dorms

Cooperative housing offers students an affordable, community-oriented housing option during the COVID-19 pandemic, students and alumni said. The University Cooperative Housing Association was established by students in 1936 to provide nondiscriminatory and less expensive housing for other students after the Great Depression. Read more...

Photo: Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, cooperative housing still offers students an affordable, community-oriented housing option. (Andy Bao/Daily Bruin)


Southern California to enter stay-at-home order after ICU capacity falls below 15%

This post was updated Dec. 6 at 8:38 p.m. Southern California will enter the state’s regional stay-at-home order Sunday evening because of dropping intensive care unit capacity and rising COVID-19-related hospitalizations. Read more...

Photo: Southern California will enter the state’s regional stay-at-home order Sunday evening because of dropping intensive care unit capacity. Los Angeles County, which is in the Southern California region, will modify its stay-at-home order to match the state’s regional stay-at-home order. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)


Student organizations emphasize campus resources for homelessness, food insecurity

There are many resources students experiencing hunger and homelessness may not know about, according to UCLA student and community leaders at a panel Tuesday. The Bruin McKinney Vento Initiative supports the academic success of students experiencing homelessness by providing them with access to basic needs, 580 Cafe helps students find food resources in local communities during the pandemic, and Swipe Out Hunger collects residential Hall meal swipes and donates them to students. Read more...

Photo: There are many resources available for students experiencing food insecurity and homelessness, according to UCLA student and community leaders at a panel Tuesday. (Screen capture by Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)




California to provide tax relief for businesses affected by COVID-19 restrictions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California businesses could receive temporary tax relief because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the new program, businesses that file less than $1 million in sales tax are eligible to have three extra months to pay their income taxes. Read more...

Photo: California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday a tax relief plan intended to assist businesses struggling because of the pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Los Angeles County issues targeted stay-at-home order, bans most gatherings

This post was updated Nov. 29 at 6:18 p.m. Los Angeles County will ban most gatherings starting Monday under a three-week targeted stay-at-home order issued Friday due to a late-November surge of COVID-19 cases. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County issued a three-week targeted stay-at-home order Friday which limits gatherings to people from the same household.(Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)



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