Though he’s only in the fifth grade, visiting UCLA for the 16th annual All Hill Halloween on Wednesday was nothing new for Anthony Diaz. Diaz has often visited his mother, Ana Guerrero, who works as a housekeeper in Rieber Hall. Read more...

Cameras to be put in Las Vegas cabs LAS VEGAS “”mdash; By next year, cameras in Las Vegas taxis won’t only be for “˜”˜true confessions” style television. Read more...

County will start charging to dump wood SAN BERNARDINO “”mdash; The county lost $4 million on its wood- burning venture. The county invested about $1 million in the Burnt Flats Wood Waste Processing Facility last year after the Heaps Peak Transfer Station, a dump site near Running Springs, filled up with trees that had been infested with bark beetles. Read more...

Petty Theft A wallet worth $55 was stolen from the Wooden Center basketball courts on Oct. 22. A television worth $300 was stolen from a room in 300 Medical Plaza between Oct. Read more...

Sen. Kerry is not exciting ““ but excitement isn’t what this country needs. He will restore dignity to our nation’s reputation, and will move America away from President Bush’s monolithic, polarizing approach. Read more...

A parchment of a new Torah was started at the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center of Jewish Life at UCLA on Tuesday night. In the opening ceremony, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, director of the Center, introduced Rabbi Shmuel Miller, the scribe who will be writing this Torah, and reflected on the meaning of the event. Read more...

The race to win a spot on the state Assembly representing California district 47, the district containing UCLA, holds no promise of being a tight one. Read more...