Thursday, July 23


UCLA researchers get down to business

As a research institution, UCLA is a hotbed for new ideas and innovations. Every day, students as well as professors are making new discoveries in areas from biotechnology to mathematics to communications. Read more...


UCLA examines “˜Wal-Martization’

It’s the largest retailer in the world, with sales climbing to over $250 billion in the last fiscal year, and it attracts more than 138 million customers a week and employs more than 1.5 million workers. Read more...


Giving back

Last November, Luz Herrera was sitting at a computer filling out college applications, but she wasn’t filling them out for herself. Herrera, a fourth-year Portuguese and international development studies student, was sitting next to Simone, a senior at Inglewood High School. Read more...


News briefs

Oakland residents against building a casino OAKLAND “”mdash; Residents are speaking out about a proposal to put a casino in their city. Councilwoman Jane Brunner called a meeting Saturday to talk about the casino proposed by the Lower Lake Rancheria Koi Nation. Read more...