Prop 1D to bolster K-12, UC funding

Plans for several projects at the University of California are dependent on an education bond measure on the Nov. 7 ballot. The measure, Proposition 1D, would allocate $10.4 billion from the state general-obligation fund to improve infrastructure at K-12 and all public higher education institutions over the next two years, with $890 million going directly […]

Gubernatorial race targets student voters

With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sending young Republicans around the state in an RV and Phil Angelides using his daughters to recruit student campaigners and woo voters, both gubernatorial candidates have begun campaigning to college students. In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 7 election, students should be searching for candidates who consider the biggest […]

UCLA awarded $9-million grant to fund state-of-the-art lab

Amid construction of a UCLA science building, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger awarded a $9-million grant to the UCLA School of Public Health and signed a bill in an effort to improve public health. The money will fund a new laboratory dedicated to tracking and responding to disease outbreaks and will be located at the California NanoSystems […]