This post was updated Feb. 16 at 9:44 p.m. On her days off, UCLA psychologist Jocelyn Meza heads to markets in West Los Angeles with a stack of flyers advertising the free bilingual depression support group she leads. Read more...
Photo: The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is pictured. The institute’s Spanish-Speaking Psychosocial Clinic has been running since the ’70s and provides mental health care to Los Angeles’ Spanish-speaking community. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Public Democracy Los Angeles, held a virtual meeting Tuesday to address the importance of making citizens’ assemblies in the city. A citizen’s assembly works to represent the multicultural city of LA through a lottery-selected deliberation where residents take up the ability to decide policy recommendations for city problems, said Micheal Draskovic, a co-host of the event from Public Democracy LA, during the meeting. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Public Democracy Los Angeles held a virtual meeting Tuesday to address the importance of making citizens’ assemblies in the city. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:16 p.m. Students and faculty raised awareness for art stolen and destroyed during the Armenian genocide at a Saturday event hosted by the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are books featured at Saturday’s Armenian Genocide Research Program event to honor Armenian history while also initiating new discussions on the importance of peace and cultural preservation. (Julia Zhou/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:07 p.m. The Republican-led House of Representatives impeached Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday after failing to do so last week. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 3:25 p.m. Luis Jimenez, a Chicana and Chicano studies and sociology student, activist and McNair Research Scholar, died Dec. Read more...
Photo: Luis Jimenez, a Chicana and Chicano studies and sociology student, activist and McNair Research Scholar, is pictured. Jimenez died Dec. 13 at 33 years old. (Courtesy of Nora Kenney)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council, the official neighborhood council representing UCLA and Westwood Village to the Los Angeles City Council met Wednesday. NWWNC meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace and are open to the public. Read more...
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 10:27 p.m. John Thomas was appointed as UCLA’s police chief Jan. 11 after serving as interim chief since December 2022. Read more...
Photo: John Thomas, UCLA’s new police chief, is pictured. Thomas sat down with Daily Bruin’s city and crime editor, Sharla Steinman, to discuss his new role and how his past experiences have equipped him to serve UCLA’s campus. (Courtesy of UCLA)
