Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Thursday that protects California’s undocumented residents from federal immigration authorities. Senate Bill 54, unofficially known as the “sanctuary state” bill, reduces the extent to which local law enforcement can provide federal authorities with information regarding undocumented immigrants. Read more...

Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 54 into law Thursday, which will limit state and local law enforcement from sharing undocumented individuals’ information with federal immigration authorities. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Immigration advocates on campus welcomed a new state bill that protects undocumented individuals from deportation by limiting cooperation between local law enforcement agencies and federal immigration agencies. Read more...

Photo: Earlier this month, California’s state Senate passed the “sanctuary state” bill, which limits state and local law enforcement from sharing undocumented individuals’ information with federal immigration authorities. (Daily Bruin file photo)

James McCloughan was the shortest in his troop when he served in the Vietnam War, but he never let that make him feel inferior to anyone else. Read more...

Photo: James McCloughan, a Medal of Honor recipient, talked about his experiences in the Vietnam War at a event at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)