This post was updated Nov. 4 at 1:22 a.m. The LAPD declared a citywide tactical alert Tuesday in preparation for potential unrest after Election Day. The citywide alert was not made in response to a specific event, according to a tweet from the LAPD. Read more...
Photo: Beverly Hills boarded up storefronts this week in preparation of potential unrest following the election results. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 5 at 11:29 p.m. The 2020 election polls have closed in California. But because of the statewide shift to mail-in voting, election results may not be available for days or weeks after the Nov. Read more...
Photo: View results of four issues on the ballot in Los Angeles County for the 2020 election. Results are taken from the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk and the California Secretary of State’s office. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
A group of Armenian Americans marched to the Azerbaijani embassy after a week-long hunger strike to draw attention to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Members of the Armenian Youth Federation, a global Armenian organization, set up tents adorned with Armenian flags and banners on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue on Sunday in response to the escalating armed conflict. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Armenian Youth Federation hosted a week-long hunger strike and a march to draw attention to the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 8:13 p.m. Dozens of activists gathered at the Jackie Robinson Stadium parking lot Sunday to criticize UCLA’s role in letting the LAPD use the lot to detain protesters in June and to protest campus policing. Read more...
Photo: Activists gathered in the Jackie Robinson Stadium parking lot Sunday to criticize the lot’s use by LAPD to detain protesters June 1. Attendees laid white tiles printed with a picture of handcuffs on the pavement. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
Low-income youth are more vulnerable to physical and mental illnesses which can lead to long-term health and socioeconomic impacts, a UCLA study found. The study, published in Health Affairs, a health policy journal, measured children’s vulnerability in health development when they first start kindergarten, said Neal Halfon, the director of the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities and a co-author of the study. Read more...
UCLA Transportation organized its annual campaign to promote Sustainable Transportation Month on a virtual platform for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Get Movin’, Bruins! Read more...
Photo: UCLA Transportation’s virtual Get Movin’, Bruins! campaign encourages the UCLA community to use eco-friendly forms of transportation. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students should avoid large gatherings for Halloween to prevent a schoolwide spike in COVID-19 cases, a UCLA health professional said. The decisions students make this weekend may mean the difference between having a significant or minimal increase in cases, said Beth Glenn, a health policy and management professor. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA health professional advises students to adhere to social distancing requirements this Halloween to prevent a large-scale outbreak of COVID-19. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
