The Mann Plaza movie theater on Glendon Avenue closed its curtains on Oct. 21 and will be demolished later this month to make way for a $100 million retail development by Alan Casden. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents will meet on the UCLA campus Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the 2005-2006 budget, student fees, financial aid and the admissions application, along with various other topics that pertain to UC students. Read more...

Bruins beat Trojans by reading to kids UCLA bested crosstown rival USC on Saturday in an unconventional way: getting more of its school’s fans to read to kids. Read more...

Christians more than just Bush votes Oliver Lukacs’ column “Bush win reflects Christianized U.S.” (Nov. 2), voices numerous misconceptions about Christianity. Lukacs’ attempt to equate going to church with imminent expectation of the Apocalypse shows how poorly he understands the religion he denounces. Read more...

Now that Attorney General John Ashcroft and Secretary of State Colin Powell have resigned, citizens around the country are holding their breath while awaiting the replacements. Read more...

If you haven’t already noticed, UCLA has a new face. Carrying a hefty price tag of $98,000, the school’s new logo is both uninspiring and overpriced. Read more...

Health insurance company largest after merger LOS ANGELES “”mdash; The state’s insurance commissioner gave his blessing Tuesday to a $16.4 billion merger that would create the nation’s largest health insurance company after wringing hundreds of millions of dollars out of the companies. Read more...