Thursday, May 7

Underground explosion rattles Glenrock Avenue

A large explosion shook Glenrock Avenue around 8:46 p.m. on Wednesday, causing reverberations that could be heard from multiple streets in the North Village. Many buildings lost power and police at the scene said the sound and vibrations were caused by the explosion of an underground electrical transformer. Read more...






ASUCLA contracts food trucks in South Campus as temporary Bombshelter

More like a bistro on wheels than one of Los Angeles's thousands of food trucks, the Gastrobus drives into the Court of Sciences at 10 a.m. after a two-hour drive from Sun Valley to open for the day's lunch service. Read more...

Photo: With the Bombshelter closed during construction, food trucks such as Gastrobus Bistro and Cabli are temporarily providing food in the Court of Sciences.


“˜My Last Lecture’ series spurs UCLA challenge to nominate professors

After he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in 2007, Carnegie Mellon University's Professor Randy Pausch presented his last lecture to his students and fellow faculty on Sept. 18 of that year. Read more...

Photo: A collage made from archived issues of the Daily Bruin, chronicling the last time the series was implemented in 1955. Coach John Wooden was a notable speaker.