Although the recent wildfires in Southern California are now considered contained, they have sparked a new fear of increased flooding and landslides. “Any area where the fire occurred will have potential problems for runoff during the upcoming rainfall,” said Mark Savage, captain of the Los Angeles County fire department. Read more...

The Associated Students of UCLA is hoping to appoint an interim executive director by the end of this month, following the resignation of its current leader in late September. Read more...

Top administrators at the University of California said the university may compete for the contract to manage the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the event of the lab being put up for bidding. Read more...

It has now been a little over six months since President Bush declared an end to major fighting in Iraq. Landing Top Gun-style on an aircraft carrier and making his speech in front of a banner proclaiming “mission accomplished,” the event was dramatic, to say the least. Read more...

Where’s God? According to Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court, God needs to be displayed in his courthouse. So he put a 2.5-ton granite Ten Commandments monument in prominent view. Read more...

Students living in Sproul Hall were locked out of their residence building for about 25 minutes Wednesday afternoon due to a minor construction mishap. A contractor working on the renovation of Sproul Hall hit a sprinkler head during construction at about 11:45 a.m., setting off the sprinkler system and fire alarm. Read more...

The Israel-Palestine conflict hit home for some students Tuesday when survivors of terrorism came to UCLA to share their tragic experiences. The presentation entitled “Survivors of Terrorism” held in Royce hall on Tuesday night, featured victims who volunteered to tell their stories with the One Family organization, which aids and assesses the needs of victims of terrorism right after an attack, said Shannon Shibata, a volunteer with One Family. Read more...