Saturday, July 4

Student reflects on ways COVID-19 affected his family, outlook on life

Moises Hernandez woke up in May with a sore throat. Then, Hernandez’s father tested positive for COVID-19. As soon as Hernandez and his family found out that his father had COVID-19, they wore masks around their house, cleaned their spaces and limited their interactions with each other. Read more...

Photo: Moises Hernandez (pictured center) and his family are some of hundreds of thousands of people in California who have had COVID-19. This summer, Hernandez and seven of his family members tested positive for the virus. (Courtesy of Miguel Angel Flores)


LACDPH classifies cluster of COVID-19 cases on the Hill as an outbreak

This post was updated Nov. 1 at 8:00 p.m. There is a COVID-19 outbreak in an on-campus residential building, a UCLA spokesperson said in an emailed statement Monday. Read more...

Photo: There is a COVID-19 outbreak in a residential building on the Hill, a UCLA spokesperson said in an emailed statement Monday. The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center reported three students tested positive for COVID-19. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Proposition 14 would borrow up to $5.5B in bonds to fund stem cell research

California voters will decide whether the state should increase funding for stem cell research in the 2020 elections. Proposition 14 is a California ballot measure on the 2020 general election ballot that would allocate $5.5 billion in state bonds to stem cell research and training with repayments by the state to buyers of the bonds over the next 30 years. Read more...

Photo: Proposition 14 is a ballot measure that, if passed, would assign money through the sale of state bonds for stem cell research. Stem cell research is used to develop regenerative medicine. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA announces winter quarter will continue with remote instruction

Winter quarter classes at UCLA will remain mostly online, marking no changes from fall quarter, a UCLA administrator announced in an email sent to students Monday. Read more...

Photo: Winter quarter will remain mostly remote, a UCLA administrator announced Monday. This marks no change from fall quarter, where most courses were also taught remotely. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)




Student dies after falling from Westwood apartment building

A student died early Saturday morning after falling from an apartment building near the UCLA campus. A male student fell from an apartment building at the 400 block of Midvale Avenue at around 4:35 a.m., according to LAPD spokesperson Rosario Cervantes. Read more...

Photo: A student died early Saturday morning after falling from an apartment in Westwood. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin senior staff)