Alta Ray has been donating blood since she was a young adult. Read more...
Photo: Leukemia survivor Alta Ray spoke with donors from the blood and platelet center.
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January 31, 10:20 pm
Ouchi High School in South L.A. named for Anderson professor and wife
William Ouchi, a UCLA Anderson School of Management professor, and his wife Carol recently presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new facility for a South Los Angeles charter school. Read more...
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January 31, 10:16 pm
Senate passes health care bill
Democrats in the California State Senate passed a single-payer universal health-care bill Thursday, despite threats of a veto from the governor. Read more...
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January 27, 10:21 pm
UCLA professor records quake evacuees’ stories
About a month ago, Professor Robin Derby arranged a trip to the Haitian-Dominican border to collect Haitian narratives for an extended research project on the "loup-garou," the shapeshifting were-creature of Caribbean supernatural folklore. Read more...
Photo: Professor Robin Derby, right, traveled to Haiti last week to conduct research in a town on the Haitian-Dominican border.
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January 27, 10:20 pm
Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act put on hold in Senate for health care bill
Students expecting increased financial aid will have to wait a little longer as the health care debate plays out on the Senate floor. Read more...
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January 27, 10:09 pm
People Assisting the Homeless provides homeless with shelter, skills to be self-sufficient
Valerie Chao met the former English teacher while he was living at a homeless shelter. Read more...
Photo: Richard Munoz, 33, who is currently living at the PATH transition house, juggles several fruits. The PATH program assists its residents in finding a job and home.
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January 26, 9:46 pm
UC Students Association worried about proposal to shift funds from prisons to higher education
While much attention centered on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to reduce the state prison population, which went into effect Monday, the University of California Students Association is instead concentrating on the issue of privatization of the state's penitentiaries. Read more...