This post was updated Jan. 21 at 10:25 p.m. After just over one year in office, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has centered her administration on mitigating the impacts of homelessness and climate issues. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is pictured. Over the past first year of her term, Bass has centered her administration on homelessness and climate issues. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 10:28 p.m. Scientists at the Los Angeles-based RAND Corporation, in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, have created a program to address substance use in urban Native communities. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, which houses the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is pictured. Los Angeles-based researchers, including a UCLA psychiatrist, recently developed an intervention program to address substance use in urban Native American communities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 21 at 10:30 p.m. “Barbie” took the world by storm last summer, dominating both movie theaters and social media. Now, the movie has reached the UCLA course catalog. Read more...
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UCPD is searching for an individual suspected of two on-campus sexual battery incidents that occurred Friday. According to a crime alert sent Saturday night, the suspect reportedly grabbed one victim’s buttocks near the Inverted Fountain around 2 p.m. Read more...
Nearly 100 people gathered Friday afternoon to call on the UC to divest from weapons manufacturing and condemn recent airstrikes in Yemen. The protest – organized by UC Divest Coalition at UCLA – began at 2 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Protestors listen to a speech during a rally held in the Court of Sciences on Friday. The rally was held to condemn the United States and United Kingdom for airstrikes on Yemen. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
Applying to college can feel intimidating and isolating for some, but one UCLA club is trying to make the process more equitable. Rujula Vikram, the club‘s founder and president, said she created the Uplift Initiative – which seeks to address information inequities in the college application process – when she was in high school. Read more...
Photo: Mentors within the Uplift Initiative club, which mentors girls from Title I high schools across Los Angeles, are pictured. (Courtesy of Mehr Monnoo)
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority will lead volunteers through Westwood to conduct the annual Greater LA Homeless Count on Jan. 24. Lisa Chapman, the co-chair of the Westwood Homeless Count, said the count is important in ensuring each area receives the funding needed to mitigate homelessness. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are volunteers for the Westwood Homeless Count 2023. This year’s homeless count will take place Jan. 24, starting at the Westwood Presbyterian Church. (Daily Bruin file photo)
