This post was updated March 5 at 1:42 p.m. Los Angeles County declared a public health emergency after officials confirmed new cases of the coronavirus. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed there are six new cases of COVID-19 and declared a public emergency in Los Angeles County at a press conference Wednesday morning. Read more...
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March 4, 1:58 am
Joe Biden holds rally in LA on Super Tuesday as results roll in
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden rallied together supporters in Los Angeles on Super Tuesday as the race for the Democratic nomination consolidated around him and Bernie Sanders. Read more...
Photo: Former Vice President Joe Biden takes photos with supporters at a rally at the Baldwin Hills Recreation Center as Super Tuesday results come in. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 4, 1:09 am
Members of CALPIRG at UCLA discuss experiences promoting club’s campaigns
No walk to class at UCLA is complete without being approached on Bruin Walk by a student bearing club flyers or petitions to sign. But what is life like from the perspective of one of these club members working on Bruin Walk? Read more...
Photo: Karishma Raghuram, a first-year statistics student, joined the California Public Interest Research Group at UCLA because she liked its advocacy for clean oceans. Although she often experiences rejection, she said the most important thing about her job is that she is raising awareness about the issues that matter. (Emmy Shaw/Daily Bruin)
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March 4, 1:06 am
Program lowers BruinCard replacement fee by $15 with waiver
Students can pay $15 less to replace a BruinCard starting March 2, under a new student government program. The fee waivers would be given on a first-come, first-served basis through filling out a Google form on the Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports Commission’s social media or website or by directly filling out a form at the BruinCard Center. Read more...
Photo: BruinCard replacement fees dropped by $15 on Monday, following a subsidy from the Undergraduate Students Association Council Financial Supports Commission. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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March 3, 6:58 pm
Elizabeth Warren holds rally in Los Angeles ahead of Super Tuesday
This post was updated March 3 at 12:53 p.m. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren returned to Los Angeles for a final campaign stop Monday night before voters in California, 13 other states and one territory cast their ballots for Super Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren spoke to a crowd of more than 3,000 in East Los Angeles on Monday, one day before voters in California, 13 other states and one territory cast their ballots for Super Tuesday.(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 3, 5:59 pm
Wait times at polling centers at Ackerman Union run more than 4 hours
This post was updated March 3 at 11:12 p.m. Some students waited four hours at Ackerman Union to vote in the California Democratic primary Tuesday. The line at Ackerman Union grew throughout the day as students went to vote after classes. Read more...
Photo: Students wait to vote in the California presidential primary and other ballot measures at the voting center at Ackerman Union. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 2, 11:29 pm
UC San Diego considers joining Berkeley, Merced in adopting semester system
UC San Diego may become the third University of California school to ignore the quarter system for the semester system. The San Diego campus is considering ending the 10-week quarter system, according to UCSD spokesperson Christine Clark. Read more...
Photo: UC San Diego may join UC Berkeley and UC Merced by adopting the semester system in order to reduce stress on students and make it easier to transfer classes from the California Community Colleges system.