Author Archives: Charlotte Hsu

SANTA MONICA “”mdash; Hundreds of mourners stood quietly at the intersection of Third Street and Arizona Avenue on Saturday, braving the noonday sun to attend a ceremony commemorating 10 victims killed by a car that drove through the farmers’ market there July 16. Some cried. Others simply stood in silence, gazing from face to face. […]

Special Graduations The University of California Board of Regents rejected a proposal from Regent Ward Connerly on July 16 that would have suspended university funding to special graduation ceremonies, despite Connerly’s efforts to remove the proposal from a vote. The proposal would have cut funding to any activity that targets race, ethnic or sexual orientation […]

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office released today the names of eight of 10 victims killed when an 86-year-old man drove his car through a crowded farmers market in Santa Monica. The identified victims are: Movsha Hoffman, 78, of Santa Monica; Molok Ghoulian, 62, of Los Angeles; Gloria Olivera Gonzalez, 35, of Venice; Diana McCarthy, […]

At least eight people were killed and 35 injured within the course of a few seconds, as a car drove through a bustling farmers market in Santa Monica at 1:47 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the driver, whose name is Russell Weller, is in his 80s and showed no sign of being under the influence of […]

Facing deeper state budget cuts than previously anticipated, the University of California may increase student fees by as much as 30 percent and limit enrollment in the near future, UC President Richard Atkinson said in a statement last week. Atkinson’s fee-increase proposal, on which the UC Board of Regents will vote at a meeting in […]

The door to the School of Law’s dean’s office will have a new name on it next fall, as Jonathan Varat steps down from a five-year stint at the position. According to a letter Varat addressed to colleagues, his decision to resign comes after a review of his tenure as dean that included “gratifying praise […]

Students entering the David Geffen School of Medicine this August will be the first at UCLA taught under a new curriculum ““ one whose focus is on bodily systems and whose design diverges sharply from the curriculum taught at the medical school for over a decade. The change in curriculum comes after an extensive review […]