Sheathed in baggy jeans and puff-coat sweatshirts, some of the loiterers outside of many alcohol retail stores in Westwood may have more authority than their casual appearance suggests. Read more...

The students asked him about Sudan. They asked him about ethnic studies research centers. They asked him about the nuclear laboratory in Los Alamos. They even asked him if he listened to UCLAradio.com or owned an iPod. Read more...

Chances are you’ve never heard of him, but Walter Moore has no doubt that he will be the next mayor of Los Angeles. Though most news organizations rarely bother to cover the nearly anonymous candidate’s campaign and often exclude the trial lawyer’s candidacy in polls, Moore believes that he has 20 percent of the vote, putting him neck and neck with current frontrunner Antonio Villaraigosa. Read more...

Both measures on the March 8 city election ballot propose to amend the City Charter rules governing the fire and police departments pension plans. Charter Amendment 1 seeks to include port police officers in the same pension plans the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles Police Department uses. Read more...

Students walking through South Campus passed what resembled a refugee camp on their way to class Monday. The mock camp was set up by the Darfur Action Committee, a coalition of UCLA student groups committed to ending the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Read more...

As UCLA continues to overhaul its restaurants, it finds itself among several schools that are doing the same. But UCLA’s approach differs because it is including several student-run businesses in its on-campus dining choices. Read more...

On a trip to the Espresso Roma Café, students can often find themselves bumping into groups of businessmen in suits chattering away about stock prices and indexes. Read more...