Teri Nguyen’s family did not know much about autism when her brother started acting aloof. They did not even know the word for autism in Vietnamese, their first language. Read more...
Photo: Student staff of the annual Vietnamese Culture Night act out a scene to show the different family members’ reaction to autism. The show also addressed issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder, domestic violence and mental illness.
The University of California Board of Regents will discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal for next year, among other topics at its bimonthly meeting this week at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus. Read more...
The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. A four-year-old stone bearing the names oftwo deceased Black Panthers and former student leaders stood amid the faint glow of candles Friday night. Read more...
Photo: Erika Huggins (left), Vara Bacoum and Lamar Lyons spoke at Friday’s memorial that commemorated two students who were shot and killed in Campbell Hall.
The U.S. Congress recently allocated $130 million to finance the extension of the Los Angeles Metro line, according to a Metro statement released Jan. 14.The funding will be split in half to cover costs for both the Purple Line Extension project, which will go into Westwood Village, and the Regional Connector project – a Metro line extension across Los Angeles county. Read more...
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Seated in her American Sign Language class, Christina Pettus assuredly moved her fingers and hands to communicate, a task she has done since she was six months old. Read more...
Photo: Benjamin Lewis teaches ASL 5, which UCLA is offering for the first time this quarter. Lewis is currently the only lecturer teaching ASL classes at UCLA.
Governor Jerry Brown appointed Monica Lozano and Richard Sherman to the Board of Regents, who, if confirmed by the state senate, will fill two of the board’s five vacant positions. Read more...
Under the governor’s emergency proclamation, state officials are required to implement a statewide water conservation campaign to encourage individuals to cut their daily water use by 20 percent. Read more...
