Praising the work of state politicians and the people, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for “bold new” reforms to the state government to help pull California out of its fiscal woes on Wednesday night. 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...

In its final stages of becoming an official policy, the diversity requirement proposal was rejected as faculty members of the UCLA College voted against it. Voter turnout was “somewhat low” as only 249 faculty members voted out of 1,262 eligible voters, said Robin Garrell, chairwoman of the Faculty Executive Committee of the College. Read more...

Ending a 10-month search, the UC Board of Regents appointed Denice Dee Denton, the University of Washinton engineering dean, as the chancellor of the UC Santa Cruz campus Tuesday afternoon. Read more...