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UCLA community members express concerns about access to rent relief programs

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 9:51 p.m. Applications for California’s COVID-19 rent relief program remain closed for Westwood and some parts of the greater Los Angeles area despite an increase in financial assistance to the program. Read more...

Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom increased assistance to California’s $5.2 billion rent relief program. Despite being the largest rent relief program in the nation, applications are still closed for Westwood residents. (Anika Chakrabarti/Assistant Photo editor)


Students discuss benefits, drawbacks of Tokyo’s hosting Olympics during pandemic

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 10:07 p.m. When Kakeru Iwabuchi learned the 2020 Summer Olympics would be held in Tokyo, he was ecstatic. Iwabuchi, a fourth-year sociology student from Japan, said he even applied to be an Olympic volunteer, hoping to support the Games. Read more...

Photo: Japanese international students have mixed feelings about Tokyo’s decision to proceed with hosting the Olympic Games in July despite an ongoing state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic and record numbers of daily infections. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin)


UCLA researchers to study effects of wastewater spill in Santa Monica Bay

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 9:46 p.m. UCLA researchers tested water for environmental hazards affecting ocean life following a recent sewage spill in the Santa Monica Bay. Read more...

Photo: Seventeen million gallons of untreated sewage spilled from the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant into Santa Monica Bay in July, prompting the closure of several beaches and some UCLA researchers to take action. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


UCLA alumnus bridges barriers with cooking, takes passion to ‘Top Chef Amateurs’

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 10:01 p.m. An 11 p.m. leap-of-faith decision took Sharila Stewart, a UCLA alumnus, to the first season of “Top Chef Amateurs.” Premiering July 1, “Top Chef Amateurs” is a spinoff of the American reality show “Top Chef” and features home cooks instead of professional chefs as contestants. Read more...

Photo: (From left: Sharila Stewart’s Angolan inspired peanut sponge cake, Stewart in her home kitchen, and Stewart’s lamb roast with haricot vert and potatoes.) UCLA alumni Sharila Stewart is a contestant on the first season of “Top Chef Amateurs” this year. Stewart said the diversity of dishes in UCLA dining halls helped develop her love for learning about other cultures and bringing people together through food. (Courtesy of Sharila Stewart)




Delta variant contributes to rise in COVID-19 cases in LA County

This post was updated Aug. 6 at 3:25 p.m. The rate of new COVID-19 cases is increasing in Los Angeles County, largely because of the spread of the delta variant among unvaccinated populations. Read more...

Photo: LA County experienced a seven-fold increase in new daily COVID-19 cases in the month after California’s June 15 reopening, a trend driven by slowed vaccination progress and the delta variant. (Antonio Martinez/Daily Bruin)