This post was updated Nov. 2 at 12:29 p.m. In October, wearing pink isn’t just a personal style choice – it’s a show of support for those affected by breast cancer and a way to highlight the work scientists have done to improve outcomes. Read more...
Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)
This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:03 p.m. Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra expressed support Tuesday for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra is pictured. Becerra expressed support for Proposition 50 and criticized Texas’s partisan redistricting push at an event at UCLA on Tuesday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 2 at 10:04 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council cut the Facilities Commissioner’s disability committee and allocated over $11,000 to student groups at its meeting Oct. Read more...
Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, died Oct. 8. He was 69 years old. Wong was the director of the UCLA Labor Center from 1991 to 2023, during which he oversaw the 2021 development of its new MacArthur Park headquarters, said Toby Higbie, a professor of history and labor studies. Read more...
Photo: A photograph of Kent Wong, the former director of the UCLA Labor Center and an advocate for workers’ rights, is placed on a memorial altar. Wong died Oct. 8 at age 69. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)
Westwood’s historic Holmby Hall sold for $32,675,000 in early October, marking one of the largest Westwood Village real estate sales in the past decade. The building, sold Oct. Read more...
Photo: The Holmby Hall clock tower is pictured. The building, which spans an entire city block between Weyburn Avenue and Le Conte Avenue, was sold in October. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
UC Investments offered $2.4 billion for a 10% stake in a new entity that would manage the Big Ten’s league-wide media rights and sponsorship deals. The UC said it would use a pension fund to invest in Big Ten Enterprises, which would then direct funds to individual Big Ten schools’ athletic departments, according to ESPN. Read more...
Photo: A basketball court with the Big Ten logo is pictured. UC Investments offered $2.4 billion for a 10% stake in a new entity that would manage the Big Ten’s league-wide media rights and sponsorship deals. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 30 at 11:17 p.m. Fat Sal’s in Westwood temporarily closed Wednesday because of health code violations. A notice posted on the storefront window said the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had shut the location down, citing the presence of vermin. Read more...
Photo: Fat Sal’s in Westwood location is pictured. The location temporarily closed Wednesday due to health code violations. (Daily Bruin file photo)
