Californians living around the Mojave Desert, Coachella Valley, Imperial Valley and eastern San Diego County braced for a significant earthquake, prompted by announcements from UCLA professor Vladimir Keilis-Borok and his team of scientists. Read more...

Staff and administrators continue to wait at UC Merced for their pioneer class of students, but due to litigation, postponement of the school’s opening and an uncooperative state budget, the 10th University of California campus is still in its preliminary stages of building and will not house students until fall 2005, a year later than this year’s proposed opening date. Read more...

The UC Board of Regents voted Thursday to increase the minimum GPA required for eligibility for admission to the University of California, though members of the board were divided in the decision. Read more...

After disappearing more than six weeks ago, UCLA student Ahmad Arain has returned home to his grateful and relieved family. The fourth-year computer science student was picked up by family members in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday night after he sent them an e-mail indicating his whereabouts. Read more...

Students and community members joined a state senator on campus Wednesday to support his campaign to make UCLA more representative of the Los Angeles area. The event garnered some response from university administrators but likely will not yield an immediate change in admissions policies. Read more...