The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated over $20,000 in funding during its first meeting of the quarter Jan. 7. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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January 16, 1:13 pm
UCLA classes will return to in-person instruction Tuesday
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:20 p.m. UCLA plans to return to in-person classes Tuesday. Undergraduate instruction was cancelled Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 – and moved online for week two of winter quarter – following the onset of fires across Los Angeles County. Read more...
Photo: Moore Hall is pictured. UCLA students will return to in-person classes, including at Moore Hall, Tuesday. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)
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January 15, 6:38 pm
USAC, GSA allocate $30,000 to Bruin Relief Initiative for aid during LA wildfires
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:25 p.m. UCLA student government organizations have allocated $30,000 toward relief efforts as fires burn across Los Angeles County. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students Association Council President Adam Tfayli speaks at a meeting of the council. USAC unanimously voted Tuesday to allocate $20,000 in discretionary funds to a student government-led relief initiative in response to the wildfires that have impacted Los Angeles County. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 15, 6:12 pm
Following USAC resolution, UC expands paid sick leave to ASUCLA student employees
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 3:18 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Nov. 19 calling for ASUCLA employees higher wages and better working conditions, along with paid sick leave — which was later granted. Read more...
Photo: Café 451 in Charles E. Young Research Library is pictured. ASUCLA workers – including those working in cafes like Café 451 – are now eligible for paid sick leave following a UC employee policy change. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 14, 9:04 pm
580 Café offers warm atmosphere with basic needs resources, mindfulness activities
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:33 a.m. 580 Café, a not-for-profit organization located along Hilgard Avenue, is not just a basic needs resource for students. Read more...
Photo: Posters hang on the wall above kitchen equipment at Cafe 580 Café, a basic needs not-for-profit center on campus. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 14, 7:43 pm
UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles County
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:32 a.m. As flares spread across Los Angeles County, researchers seek to uncover the science behind what fuels the flames. The first of the fires started in Pacific Palisades on Jan. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire – the first of the Los Angeles County fires – has scorched over 23,000 acres since Jan. 7 and led to an evacuation warning bordering UCLA. Many UCLA researchers have attributed the Santa Ana winds, hydroclimatic factors and dry vegetation to the intensity and rapid spread of these fires. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 14, 6:40 pm
Students host other Bruins in hometowns during Southern California fires
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:13 a.m. For most UCLA students with family in San Diego, going home for the weekend is not an unusual occurrence. Read more...
Photo: Students stand in Daphnie Tseng’s house in San Diego, where the second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student hosted six of her friends during the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Courtesy of Daphnie Tseng)