Read more...

Rain renews West Nile fears RIVERSIDE “”mdash; The wet winter has created ripe conditions for mosquito breeding and experts are worried the West Nile virus will spread throughout the region and infect scores of humans and horses. Read more...

An effort to diversify UCLA’s faculty entered its third year this week, with supporters saying that talking to university administrators is like communicating with a stone wall. Read more...

Petty Theft Someone stole a purse worth $180 near the corner of Hilgard and Manning Avenues on Feb. 16. Someone stole a wallet worth a total of $6 from the Rosenfeld library on Feb. Read more...

CNN Senior Analyst Jeff Greenfield spoke Wednesday night about national issues of media bias at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center of Jewish Life at UCLA in an event cosponsored by the Daniel Pearl Foundation. Read more...

Kamran Kafi hasn’t gone home since moving to the United States as a student in 2001. During holidays and vacations, Kafi, who is from Germany, stayed in the United States because he feared he would be unable to return to school in time for class and research projects. Read more...

Long Beach council to decide on natural gas terminal LONG BEACH “”mdash; The City Council passed a resolution telling federal energy officials to back off and allow the city to decide on a proposed $450 million liquefied natural gas terminal in the port. Read more...