Author Archives: Ari Bloomekatz

Shortly before 5 a.m. Jose Lara, a 53-year-old senior food service worker, stood by himself in De Neve Plaza holding a picket sign outside the dining hall where he normally works from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. “I’m here to let UCLA know that I can’t take it anymore. … Their position is […]

There has been little legal progress in the case against the student accused of attacking the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center in September, and some campus leaders are wondering why the case has not yet been brought against the man arrested more than six months ago. “I would like to have […]

Attorneys may soon hear whether a Sacramento court will proceed with a suit filed by the mother of a 14-year-old UCLA student who says the state of California did not provide adequate educational instruction for her son. The hearing will be set at a court meeting in Sacramento today, said Richard Ackerman, the lawyer representing […]

Petty Theft A $200 cell phone was stolen from inside Ackerman Union on April 4. A $300 bicycle was stolen from the bicycle racks in front of the Engineering building on April 4. Someone broke into a room in Dogwood and stole various items between March 24 and April 3. A $375 bicycle was stolen […]

University police said they have not been able to confirm whether Professor Adolfo Bermeo’s e-mail accounts were broken into, a crime that could have exposed the professor’s alleged relationship with a student. Authorities said Bermeo filed a report before spring break, saying his e-mail may have been compromised and his privacy invaded. “We investigated the […]

Three students said their freedom of expression was stifled when a portion of their art exhibit focusing on women’s reproductive rights was stolen just a day after it had been put up. The exhibit, “Women Exposed: Art of Contemporary Issues,” opened at Northern Lights last Wednesday as part of the three students’ final project for […]

Willie Davis Frazier sat behind the visitor’s glass at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles nearly a year and a half ago; his white shirt was stained with blood and he rubbed his hand across his forehead and kept saying he didn’t belong in jail. Frazier was arrested and charged in October 2003 […]