On Wednesday night, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a strong plea to reform California’s budget and politics, perhaps at the expense of the state’s future. Education spending currently accounts for the largest portion of the state budget, and measures like Proposition 98 mandate certain minimum spending levels for K-12 classrooms. Read more...

Colonel Edward Wyman Spalding, a descendant of the historic sporting goods family and a life member of the UCLA Alumni Association, died at age 86 on Dec. Read more...

Parents join to renew “under God” fight SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Michael Newdow is again suing to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. Read more...

While most in the United States were celebrating the holidays with friends and family, hundreds of thousands faced the violence of nature’s waves. In a single moment, nearly 160,000 lives were lost and an entire region of the world was forever changed. Read more...

UCLA was sued on Monday by a former doctoral student on grounds of civil rights violations, because as a white woman, she claims she was discriminated against when she proposed a thesis topic about white women. Read more...

The threat of toxic fumes in Engineering IV caused the UCLA South Campus building to be evacuated early Sunday afternoon, but an ensuing investigation found no harmful materials. Read more...