SACRAMENTO “”mdash; This weekend hundreds of University of California students from across the state gathered in Sacramento for an annual conference to learn how to lobby the state legislature on behalf of their peers. Read more...

Any longtime resident of Los Angeles such as myself knows that in reality, there is no such thing as the city of Los Angeles. There is simply a sprawling metropolis of connected communities paying taxes to the same address ““ or to different ones, in the case of tiny independent cities wedged within the city itself. Read more...

In response to a lawsuit accusing UCLA of improperly responding to an alleged case of sexual harassment, a Los Angeles jury ruled 10-2 in favor of the university, saying its actions investigating the accusations made by a former psychiatric resident had been appropriate. Read more...

The Cooperage’s makeover will be costlier than originally planned, according to the ASUCLA board of directors. The board voted Friday to approve an increase in the budget for the Cooperage remodeling project, from $2.5 million to $3.5 million. Read more...

Last year was both a sobering and progressive year for civil rights activists striving to advance the legalization of same-sex marriages across the United States, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA Law School. Read more...

Undergraduate students labor for four or five years and pay tens of thousands of dollars all to be handed a degree, but what these coveted certificates actually give students varies greatly. Read more...

Westwood commuters may have come one step closer to traffic relief this week as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city officials lobbied the California Transportation Commission to widen the 405 Freeway near Sepulveda Boulevard. Read more...