This post was updated May 23 at 5:26 p.m. UCLA will increase the capacity of on-campus restaurants, gyms and gatherings effective immediately after LA County moved into the yellow tier in early May, administrators announced Friday.  The university will increase indoor capacity for on-campus restaurants and gyms and implement new cleaning protocols after the county issued new public health guidelines that loosened COVID-19 restrictions, said Michael Beck and Michael Meranze, co-chairs of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force.  On-campus restaurants are now able to operate indoors at 50% capacity, where up to six vaccinated people are allowed to sit at the same table.  Gyms, including the Kinross Recreation Center, will operate at 50% capacity. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will implement new COVID-19 measures, effective immediately, following LA County moving into the yellow tier in early May. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)