Early in the morning on his way to work, Justin Mammen walks past blocks of battered tents and the blue-and-gray sleeping bags of local residents resting on a concrete sidewalk. Read more...

Michael Eicher, one of UCLA’s top officials who oversaw the decade-long, $3 billion fundraising initiative Campaign UCLA, is leaving the university for a position at Johns Hopkins University, officials said Wednesday. Read more...

Though the Go Westwood Web site was deactivated in February, university officials and student leaders are finding other ways to promote a closer relationship between students and Westwood Village. Read more...

Calls for the resignation of UC President Robert Dynes by state legislators earlier this month was not the first time that state government officials have tried to influence the UC’s decisions. Read more...

Troy Isaac knew his campaign would be an uphill battle. Isaac, a former independent candidate for Undergraduate Students Association Council president and a third-year political science student, spent more money on his campaign than any slate and still ended up with only 17.25 percent of the vote ““ not enough to make it to this week’s runoff elections. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents meets every other month with little fanfare, but when the regents meet this week, more eyes than usual will likely be focused on them. Read more...

University officials have probably been more than a little uncomfortable this week leading up to today’s Board of Regents meeting. The meeting ““ which takes place in San Francisco and runs until Thursday ““ is the fourth since news broke in the fall of the university’s questionable compensation practices for officials, professors and top executives. Read more...