As Westwood merchants deal with theft and quality-of-life issues, the West Los Angeles police department has responded by appointing a new senior lead officer. Three years after hoping to get the position that went to Michael Wang, Michael Moore was promoted from acting to official senior lead officer of the West Los Angeles Police Department last week. Read more...

A construction worker at the Physics and Astronomy Building work site was released from the hospital Saturday after being pinned by a forklift Aug. 4. The accident happened around 12:30 p.m. Read more...

Californians who want to breathe a sigh of relief in thinking that the state’s financial worries are over may have to hold their breath. Though the state Legislature passed a budget last week ““ a month after the fiscal deadline ““ economic analysts warn that the loosely bundled collection of borrowing, financial assumptions and tax hikes will only prolong the state’s troubles ““ and perhaps exacerbate them. Read more...

Attorneys for eight students suing the University of California Board of Regents will seek a preliminary injunction in court Aug. 13 which would prevent the university from implementing a 25 percent increase in professional school fees this fall. Read more...

Like many other UCLA students Deovina Jordan finds herself studying for her classes late at night. The difference is she isn’t finishing a last- minute paper; she is one of the increasing number of national college students taking online courses. Read more...

When California voters turn out on Oct. 7 to decide whether or not to recall Gov. Gray Davis, they might face a list of would-be Republican successors that include Darrell Issa, Bill Simon and … Michael Jackson. Read more...

William Taft was president of the United States, and the U.S. Department of Labor did not yet exist. Ragtime was on the rise as a music genre, and the Titanic was in its final stages of construction. Read more...