Saturday, May 2

Farmers’ market exempted from tax

A proposed street-use ordinance tax, which some Westwood Village Farmers’ Market vendors said would force them to close their stalls, has been modified and now exempts all farmers’ market vendors. Read more...


Judge blocks UC nurses from striking

A judge’s order blocked the University of California nurses’ scheduled July 21 strike, requiring the nurses’ union and the UC to attend legal proceedings in August before a strike can be reconsidered. Read more...


The journey starts here

Deise Ponce, a UC Santa Barbara student, showed up shortly before 4 a.m., a full four hours before the Spanish Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard opened its doors. Read more...


UC makes deal for legal downloads

The University of California and California State University systems last week selected Cdigix, a provider of legal digital media, to offer broadband-based digital entertainment to campuses that decide to use it, according to a CSU press release. Read more...


Nominee faces tough scrutiny

As the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee John Roberts Jr. begins, it will be up to the nation’s senators to decipher who this largely unknown federal judge is and where he stands on today’s most divisive issues. Read more...


Regents raise fees

SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; The University of California Board of Regents voted last week to raise fees thousands of dollars for professional school students, a move the regents said is to compensate for the state budget crisis and to make up for anticipated losses in lawsuits filed regarding previous fee increases. Read more...