Under the hot sun, Phillip Perez, a 19-year-old temporary grocery clerk, roams the Westwood Ralphs parking lot looking for abandoned grocery carts. Wearing his personal attire under a bright orange safety vest, Perez comments about the uncertainty of his future at the supermarket. Read more...

A recent study conducted by UCLA researchers may disprove conventional knowledge that tells us sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will never hurt us. Read more...

The center for Policy Analysis for California Education released a report earlier this week that found Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger received the lion’s share of media coverage in the nine-week recall election, during which his support among voters more than doubled. Read more...

Despite the fact the number of minority students in colleges and universities has doubled over the past 20 years, white students still comprise the majority of enrolled students in the country, according to a report released last week by the American Council on Education. Read more...

Willie Davis Frazier pled not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday to two counts of assault and one count of removing an officer’s weapon in an Oct. Read more...

“What does equal opportunity and a decent life in America mean?” asks author and syndicated columnist Matthew Miller. Miller will speak at UCLA today to discuss how changing the U.S. Read more...

The results of a UCLA study released Tuesday show that the number of admissions to drug treatment centers and programs increased significantly in four California counties during the first year following the implementation of Proposition 36. Read more...