In an effort to enhance weapons security in the United States, the Energy Department announced plans Wednesday to relocate plutonium from seven national laboratories, including two run by the University of California, to one new site. Read more...

The push to divest from Sudan reached a new level Thursday when the board of one of California’s largest pension funds overwhelmingly approved the development of a plan to divest funds from companies associated with the government of Sudan. Read more...

It is not often that the strains of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic fill the Physics and Astronomy Building. But they did Thursday night, when physics Professor Peter Schlein led a seminar about his father, composer Irving Schlein, complete with videos of artists from the philharmonic recording his father’s pieces. Read more...

The University of California announced Thursday it will receive $13.25 million in a settlement with Citigroup Inc. and its former investment banking subsidiary, the result of a lawsuit stemming from fraudulent actions carried out by the telecommunications company WorldCom. Read more...

Westwood had a big, palpable hole in it on Thursday. It was the first Thursday in years that the Westwood Farmers’ Market, which traditionally made its appearance on Weyburn Avenue, was absent from the Village after the fire department revoked its street use permit, citing safety dangers posed by a nearby construction project. Read more...

As part of “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction” conference to be held at UCLA this weekend, several exonerated individuals who have collectively spent more than 356 years combined in prison are scheduled to tell their stories Saturday in front of an audience of students, political leaders, legal experts and other advocates for abolishing capital punishment, The conference, hosted by the UCLA School of Law, plans to examine the causes and consequences of wrongful conviction and discuss the application of the death penalty in California. Read more...

Because of the increasing debt load associated with higher education, college graduates face difficulty pursuing low-paying public service careers, according to a new report released Thursday by the California Public Interest Research Group. Read more...