Preliminary election results for Westwood precincts near UCLA showed high support for Hillary Clinton, legalization of marijuana and the ban on plastic bags. The results, reported by the Los Angeles Times, confirmed polls that showed Clinton had a lead among young people. Read more...
Photo: Student voters on the Hill supported Hillary Clinton and propositions to legalize marijuana more strongly compared to other Westwood residents. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)
It takes one and a half hours to drive from one end of Los Angeles County to the other without traffic. Because it is so large, the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk flies ballots from the outskirts of the county, such as Catalina Island and Lancaster, by helicopter to its election headquarters in Norwalk, California, said Jennifer Stern, an administrative service manager at the county registrar office. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk has 14 computers like this one that can read 1000 cards a minute. (Jeong Park/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings usually take place every week on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Read more...
This post was updated Nov. 10 at 2:08 p.m. Students raised their fists in the air while marching from Kerckhoff Hall on Thursday afternoon in protest of Donald Trump’s election. Read more...
Photo: Hundreds of students chanted and waved signs as they marched through UCLA on Thursday afternoon at a “Love Trumps Hate” event organized by several student groups. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Jasmine Shamolian, a field representative for Councilman Paul Koretz, said she is working on a project that would plant trees on Westwood Boulevard after several trees were illegally cut down throughout Westwood. Read more...
Los Angeles residents voted Tuesday to fund transportation improvements and solutions to homelessness. Measure M, which would levy a half-cent sales tax to expand LA county transportation systems, passed with almost 70 percent approval. Read more...
