David Saxon, a UCLA professor who rose to the top position in the University of California system, died today. He was 85. Saxon, whose university career spanned more than four decades, died at UCLA Medical Center today after a long illness. Read more...

The UC Office of the President announced Tuesday it has reached a new wage contract with a union representing University of California technical employees and research support professionals that has solved many of the problems that have plagued negotiations over the past two years. Read more...

After a shopper left the UCLA Thrift Store with an old white chair, saying as he left that it would be his guitar chair, he attempted to squeeze it into a ramshackle Cadillac. Read more...

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that the federal government can take funds from individuals’ Social Security accounts to repay outstanding debts from college loans. Read more...

The housing bubble is bound to pop, creating a sharp decline in real estate costs that could trigger a recession, several economists at the UCLA Anderson Forecast said. Read more...

The video feed was jerky and the sound was sometimes low, but for Luisa Martínez, it was an experience to be remembered. Martínez, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was one of about 15 members of the UCLA Community who came to the Anderson School of Management Friday to participate in a video conference with Felipe Calderón, a Mexican politician who recently won a primary election to be a candidate in Mexico’s 2006 presidential election in July. Read more...

A new California state bill, which will go into effect January, will make the possession of any material for the use of making false IDs a crime. Read more...