Friday, October 30


Students rally to support student and worker rights

About 20 undergraduate and graduate students carried a coffin around campus on Wednesday to symbolically mourn what they called the “death” of student and workers rights at the University of California. Read more...

Photo: Political science graduate student Jason Ball doned a mask and dark colored suit while participating in one of several mock “funerals” held around campus on Wednesday to represent what was called the “death” of student and worker rights at the University of California.


Napolitano to allocate $15M to student programs

This post was updated at 10:08 p.m. University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Wednesday that she would immediately allocate $15 million to programs for undocumented students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows as one of her first actions in office. Read more...



UCLA graduates bring new boba truck to Westwood Village

Bins of boba balls and boxes of tea ingredients litter nearly every surface inside the apartment of recent UCLA graduates David Mangold and Vince Ho. In the comfort of their kitchen, the pair has spent the past several months perfecting the boba tea recipes for their latest business venture – Koala Tea. Read more...

Photo: The Koala Tea boba truck is the newest business venture of two UCLA alumni.



Family-owned Westwood jewelry business spans generations

Plush maroon carpets and gleaming glass cases filled with necklaces and earrings of silver and gold fill the intimate front room of Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers on Westwood Boulevard. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Dean Abell is the third generation of his family to run Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers, which has been in Westwood Village for nearly seven decades.