Hospital-acquired infections surge Los Angeles county has seen a surge of hospital-acquired infections in the last 16 months, including stomach viruses, virulent skin infections and scabies mite infestations. Read more...

Bob Williams, the next Associated Students UCLA executive director, will lead the association during a critical period of transformation. His decisions and leadership in the near future will shape how ASUCLA spends tens of millions of dollars of student fees. Read more...

Associated Students UCLA passed the budget for Undergraduate Students Association Council for the 2006 fiscal year at their board of directors meeting Friday. The approved budget divides $2.86 million between administrative overhead, fee and program specific expenses, and the student government and student organizations operational funds. Read more...

On a scorching Friday afternoon, the UCLA Downtown Labor Center seems bustling. There are meetings going on in different conference rooms, members of a local union stream in and out, and the directors and staff all seem to be working on different projects. Read more...

It is easy to make jokes about sorority members doing things such as the Walk of Shame on their way back from late night dalliances on fraternity row. Read more...

Westwood businesses plan to offer their own valet services and increase advertising in response to expected parking impacts as construction begins this week on a $100-million residential and commercial project called Palazzo Westwood. Read more...

Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski told UCLA women Sunday that they need to break boundaries. “You have the skills and the tools … if you feel passionate about something, explore and knock on those doors,” Miscikowski said in her keynote speech at the 9th annual Women’s Leadership Conference, put on all day Sunday by the Bruin Belles Service Association. Read more...