The tragedy at Santa Monica’s Farmers’ Market on Wednesday reminds us all how fragile life can be ““ dozens of lives ended instantly when a car driven by an elderly man careened down the wrong street. Read more...

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released today the names of eight of 10 victims killed when an 86-year-old man drove his car through a crowded farmers market in Santa Monica. Read more...

At least eight people were killed and 35 injured within the course of a few seconds, as a car drove through a bustling farmers market in Santa Monica at 1:47 p.m. Read more...

SAN FRANCISCO ““ Citing pressing budget constraints and an increasing probability the state budget crisis will further impact the University of California, a key committee of the UC Board of Regents voted to raise student fees by 25 percent. Read more...

College of Letters & Science departments within the humanities division are bracing for a state budget crisis that calls for at least a $300 million cut from the University of California system for the 2003-2004 year. Read more...

The affirmative action spotlight shone on the University of Michigan again last week when Ward Connerly announced the launch of an initiative that would counter the effects of the recent Supreme Court ruling in that state. Read more...