Friday, May 1

Crimewatch

Petty Theft A bicycle worth $110 was stolen from 700 Tiverton Ave. on May 26. Another bicycle worth $210 was stolen from the same location on the same day. Read more...


News briefs

Board approves AIDSagency contract The Board of Supervisors approved a nearly $200,000 noncompetitive contract with a nonprofit AIDS agency amid controversy over how the county is doling out its AIDS funds. Read more...



Former medical school dean dies at 83

Jeanne Williams Newsom, former assistant dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine, died May 27 after battling cancer for several years. She was 83. Newsom’s stepson, Ted Newsom, said she suffered a “fairly damaging stroke” seven or eight years ago and has been on and off chemotherapy for the past three to four years. Read more...



Alumni Association expands outreach

Involvement with UCLA normally ends with graduation, but for young, enigmatic and upbeat personality Todd Sargent, his graduation in 1996 only marked the beginning of his active role in UCLA in a different way. Read more...


Revelation raises deep questions

The revelation of one of the most famous anonymous sources on Tuesday has raised renewed questions as to the role of confidentiality in journalism as well as how history will remember W. Read more...