Thursday, April 9

UCLA alumnus donates $2.5M to fund Engineering VI laboratory

UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. The laboratory will focus on semiconductor systems, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan recently donated $2.5 million to fund a laboratory in his name in the new Engineering VI building. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)


USAC surplus funds continue to shrink by at least $100,000 annually

Undergraduate student government surplus funds total $103,000 this year, marking the third time in a row that the pool of money has shrunk by at least $100,000 in a year. Read more...

Photo: Typically, tens of thousands of dollars go to funding the JazzReggae Festival and Bruin Bash, as well as occasional councilmember initiatives. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA students host gathering to support Ready for Warren campaign

Political conversations filled the air Wednesday night as about 20 UCLA students met in a Westwood apartment to advocate for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year political science and African American studies student Devin Murphy and other Ready for Warren supporters were among about 20 students who met in a Westwood apartment Wednesday night to advocate for Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)


LAPD statistics show citywide spike in violent crimes

Los Angeles Police Department crime statistics for 2014 showed a citywide spike in violent crimes after 12 years of dropping city crime rates. At a news conference in December, officers said robberies, homicides, rapes and other violent offenses in Los Angeles had increased by more than 12 percent in the past two years. Read more...


Zev Yaroslavsky shaped development of Westwood Village over 20-year run

Once he graduated from UCLA, Zev Yaroslavsky never really left West Los Angeles or the realm of politics. Yaroslavsky, a former Los Angeles County supervisor and a UCLA alumnus, stepped down from office in December because of a term limit after nearly 40 years representing Westwood in local offices. Read more...

Photo: Zev Yaroslavsky, a former Los Angeles County supervisor and a UCLA alumnus, stepped down from office in December after nearly 40 years representing Westwood in local offices. (Daily Bruin File Photo)



Westwood sees changes in restaurant, business locations

In recent months, business owners have spent millions of dollars making changes to their stores in Westwood, from renovating California Pizza Kitchen to building a new UPS Store to moving the apparel store 901Westwood.com to a larger space. Read more...

Photo: The new space for 901Westwood.com, a UCLA apparel and accessory store at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue, is twice as big and has a larger selection of blue and gold merchandise for UCLA students. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin senior staff)