Disadvantaged students in four Los Angeles high schools have the opportunity to meet one on one with UCLA undergraduates for tutoring and college counseling, thanks to a $75,000 grant from the SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the telecommunications company. Read more...

Perhaps no item on the Nov. 2 ballot is more personal than the Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative as the debate over funding for stem cell research pits scientists and researchers against political conservatives and religious groups. Read more...

About 150 people filled a Royce lecture hall Tuesday as three governors from Mexico visited UCLA to discuss what they see as the present and future of Mexico. 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...

ASUCLA needs to open its eyes Have you ever seen the long line outside of Taco Bell at lunch? Take a look sometime this week and you will see how much support this campaign had. Read more...