University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually battered a UCLA student Wednesday. The student was at the crosswalk between De Neve Plaza and Bruin Walk at 10:30 p.m. Read more...
Crime, News
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April 19, 5:48 pm
UCPD searches for alleged sexual battery perpetrator near De Neve Plaza
News, UC
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April 19, 4:59 pm
UC’s largest employee union announces strike after negotiation disputes
The University of California’s largest employee union announced a systemwide strike Thursday. Workers throughout the UC represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 voted Wednesday to go on strike. Read more...
Photo: Workers represented by AFSCME Local 3299, the UC’s largest union, voted to go on strike. The decision was based on a of report on the UC’s employment data that found the UC had widened the pay gap between executive and service workers, said John de los Angeles, the communications director for AFSCME Local 3299. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
News, Student Government
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April 19, 1:59 pm
GSA recap – April 18
Agenda: UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said that UCPD has reached out to Graduate Students Association, Undergraduate Students Association Council, international student leaders and UCLA administration to ensure that protests on campus operate within UCPD guidelines and result in no arrests. Read more...
News, Student Government
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April 19, 11:32 am
Election board sanctions For the People slate for improper Facebook post
The undergraduate student government election board issued a sanction for social media campaigning violations Wednesday night. Sarena Khasawneh and Daniela Rodriguez were sanctioned for Facebook posts supporting the For the People slate without tagging the Election Board’s Facebook page. Read more...
News, Science & Health
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April 19, 12:36 am
UCLA law students win first place for carbon emission-combating startup
Two UCLA law students won $70,000 for creating a startup that recycles carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles into plastic. Mote, a startup company that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in public transportation, won first place in the Lowell Milken Law Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on April 11. Read more...
Photo: Mote, a startup company that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in public transportation, won first place in the Lowell Milken Law Institute-Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News
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April 19, 12:29 am
Title IX Office addresses sexual assault, harassment reporting at event
Students, faculty and staff learned about how the UCLA Title IX Office deals with reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment at an event Wednesday afternoon. Read more...
Photo: Mohammed Cato, the Title IX coordinator at UCLA, spoke at an event in which students, faculty and staff learned about how the UCLA Title IX Office deals with reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment. (Daniel Miller/Daily Bruin)
News, Westwood
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April 19, 12:26 am
Street vending legalized in Los Angeles, but with limitations
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to legalize street vendors within city limits, five years after council members first considered legalization. The council also approved a motion put forward by councilmembers Joe Buscaino, Curren Price and Jose Huizar to not give brick-and-mortar businesses, such as restaurants, the ability to deny street vendors access to sidewalks in their immediate area. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles City Council voted to legalize street vending Tuesday. (Sydney Coneeny/Daily Bruin)