This post was updated April 28 at 5:56 p.m. UCLA nurses protested in front of UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center on Monday morning, calling on UCLA Health management to address unsafe emergency room working conditions and high staff turnover. Read more...
Photo: UCLA nurses at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center protested against UCLA Health’s inaction regarding their concerns about patient safety Monday morning. (Courtesy of Danna Castro Galindo)
Los Angeles County could enter the least restrictive tier in California’s reopening plan in the next week, county officials announced Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement Tuesday that the adjusted COVID-19 case rate in Los Angeles County dropped from 2.7 new cases to 1.9 new cases per 100,000 people. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles County may be able to move into the least restrictive tier of California’s reopening plan in early May. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council’s first entirely mail-in election in May may result in higher voter turnout but has also created candidate registration issues. The NWWNC represents UCLA and Westwood in the Los Angeles City Council. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is holding its biennial election on May 11. Voters must request absentee ballots and send them by election day. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
The post was updated April 27 at 8:45 p.m. UCLA hired a former transfer student and advocate as the new director of the Transfer Student Center after the position stayed vacant for more than a year. Read more...
Photo: Carina Salazar will be the first permanent Transfer Student Center director since 2019. (Courtesy of Carina Salazar)
Black and Indigenous panelists emphasized the importance of cultural literacy in public health at a University of California systemwide conference Saturday. The 11th annual UC Global Health Day focused on the theme of decolonizing global health to advance health equity. Read more...
Photo: At a UC systemwide conference Saturday, Black and Indigenous panelists spoke about literacy in public health. (Courtesy of Victoria Li)
Public Comment Jason Vu, the president of the Vietnamese Student Union and a fourth-year Asian American studies and global studies student, urged the council to support the Voiding Inequality and Seeking Inclusion for Our Immigrant Neighbors Act, which prevents people deemed eligible for release from local jails and state prisons from being sent to immigration detention centers. Read more...
Public Comment: Laura Gong, the undergraduate representative for the Research Continuity working group within the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force, said undergraduate student researchers can now return to campus with certain COVID-19 regulations in place. Read more...
