Focus turns to SB 1299 after UCLA hospital stabbings

The stabbings of two UCLA hospital nurses Sunday have drawn renewed attention to a push by labor groups and state lawmakers for strengthened workplace violence prevention standards in California’s hospitals. The legislative efforts center on Senate Bill 1299, a measure introduced by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) in February. The bill would mandate that the Occupational Safety and […]

Daily Bruin wins 23 awards at California College Media Association competition

The Daily Bruin took home 23 awards from the California College Media Association’s annual competition Saturday, including the top award for General Newspaper Excellence. The Bruin won 10 first-place awards and 13 second- and third-place awards. Four awards were given for different components of the newspaper’s series, “In the Shadows,” which detailed barriers to medical […]

Autopsy links death of UCLA alumnus to drug use

Samuel See, a former UCLA graduate student and assistant professor at Yale University, died of a heart attack related to acute methamphetamine and amphetamine intoxication, according to an autopsy released Monday by the Connecticut Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. See, who graduated from UCLA in 2009 with a doctoral degree in English, died in […]

UCLA Luskin School graduate loved politics, dogs

Steve Collett, a recent graduate of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and well-known Libertarian activist, died Oct. 27 of complications related to pneumonia. Collett, 59, was president of Venice-based Collett & Company, Inc., a public accounting firm, for more than a decade before entering political life as a candidate for California’s 33rd Congressional […]