UCLA officials have known since late January about the link between a “superbug” outbreak and two patient deaths at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, officials said at a press conference outside the hospital Thursday. Patients who underwent procedures using devices called duodenoscopes were found to have symptoms of a superbug infection in mid-December. But […]
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UCPD releases photos of suspect in UCLA employee robbery case
University police released photos Tuesday of a man wanted for robbing a UCLA employee at a Westwood ATM earlier this month. Police said the man came up to the employee at a Bank of America machine on Westwood Boulevard, then told the employee to give him money and that he had a gun. The employee […]
New LA Mobile app incorporates technology with public transportation
Westwood residents and commuters are now able to buy tickets for the Commuter Express bus system on California’s first mobile ticketing app for public transportation. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation launched the LA Mobile app, which allows bus riders to check schedules and purchase tickets for the Commuter Express and DASH bus systems, at […]
UCLA Law Women LEAD aims to support students, alumnae career goals
The UCLA School of Law recently launched an initiative to support women in the school and alumnae as they work toward their career goals. The program, called UCLA Law Women LEAD, aims to connect students and encourage them to communicate with each other. About 49 percent of students enrolled in the law school are women. […]
Eight Hiking Club at UCLA members rescued from Angeles National Forest
This post was updated on Feb. 8 at 7:28 p.m. Emergency teams rescued eight members of the Hiking Club at UCLA in the Angeles National Forest Sunday morning after the students missed a turn while hiking in the snow. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department search and rescue team members found the students in the snow […]
Couple pleads no contest to charges in fatal hit-and-run of UCLA alum
On Friday, an L.A. couple pleaded no contest to charges in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a UCLA alumnus in 2013, officials said. In late 2013, 23-year-old UCLA alumnus and filmmaker David Pregerson died after a car struck him while he was walking on Chautauqua Boulevard in Pacific Palisades. Marguerite Vuong, 67, pleaded no […]
UCLA employee robbed at Westwood ATM
University police are looking for a man who robbed a UCLA employee at a Westwood ATM on Thursday. The employee told police a man approached him from behind at a Bank of America automated teller machine at 6:15 p.m. The man then told the employee to hand over money, adding that he had a gun, […]