Author Archives: Charlotte Hsu

Michael Rosove’s office on the fifth floor in the UCLA Medical Plaza is a tale of two worlds, a place where Los Angeles meets Antarctica. His wall is cluttered with certificates recognizing his work as a hematologist and oncologist, and his shelves are lined with medical books. But behind his desk is a photograph he […]

There was no glass in the living room windows when art history student Ching Hsin moved into her university apartment Jan. 3. She called to complain and maintenance staff covered the hole with bolted wooden boards, which were still there two weeks later. Because Helen Chun’s front door was not sealed properly, crickets would come […]

While big-name organizations like World Vision International are the face of tsunami relief in the United States, it’s often tiny groups in countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia that mobilize resources on the ground. American money given to non-governmental organizations like World Vision often ends up helping agencies based overseas, who have infrastructure and a […]

In a city where winters pass little noticed, filled with toasty golden sunshine, the umbrella is often forgotten ““ left in the depths of the closet, hidden in the car trunk. But with record-setting rainfall this January, the water-resisting tool has gained new prominence. When days of consecutive rain pounded Los Angeles earlier this month, […]

Students, professors and other guests traded ideas about terrorism and security with Spain’s former secretary of state for foreign affairs Monday, turning a speaker event into a lively debate on those subjects. Ramon Gil-Casares, Spanish secretary of state for foreign affairs from July 2002 to April 2004, said the international community must work in harmony […]

The first people UCLA alum Gene Kim and his wife Faye Wachs spoke to in Los Angeles after surviving the South Asian tsunami in December were the reporters and camera crews who met them at the baggage claim. “There was a crush of media,” Kim said. “CNN just pushed NBC out of the way,” Wachs […]

Consumers accustomed to receiving a daily barrage of spam should be wary of a fast-growing scam that can catch even the most Internet-savvy users off guard. Called “phishing,” the ploy uses e-mails purporting to be from banks or other companies to lure people to fraudulent Web sites, where customers are asked to enter their credit […]