University police are continuing an investigation of facilities management, after an employee and a manager of a local tool shop were both arrested in an alleged scheme involving the theft of thousands of dollars worth of university tools. Read more...

They huddled together on the intramural field like a football team. All seven of them ran within two feet of the crowd sprawled in the grass. Read more...

Passionate dance and decadent dress dominated the scene on Saturday night. It wasn’t the MTV after-party, but rather the 8th annual Jane Austen Ball hosted in the Powell Library Rotunda. Read more...

Just off Stone Canyon Road, in the heart of Bel-Air, sits a Japanese-style gate to one property. It is surrounded by a bamboo fence, styled after those in the 17th century, and has two parking spots in front. Read more...

L.A. high school built on top of contaminated material The developer of a new high school near downtown Los Angeles violated the school district’s environmental rules by using hundreds of cubic yards of contaminated debris under the campus administration building and gymnasium, according to the Los Angeles Times on Sunday. Read more...

Eric Monkkonen, a distinguished history and public policy professor at UCLA since 1976, died May 30 after a 10-year struggle with cancer. He was 62. Monkkonen specialized in the study of urban crime, though he also had interest in the study of urban finance and local government. Read more...

The rhythmic patter of hammers and the crunch of shovels digging echoed throughout the site, as men and women worked doggedly in the morning heat to build houses for low-income families. Read more...