A UCLA student’s bike was stolen Saturday morning while the student was asleep, said university police. An unknown suspect entered the university apartment on Mentone Avenue, about five miles south of campus, at approximately 11:40 a.m. through an unlocked sliding glass door and took the student’s red 21-speed bike. No injuries were reported. The case […]
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Q&A: Producer, DJ Justin Martin talks dance music, past gigs
Deep house producer and DJ Justin Martin has gained the strong reception of dance music audiences performing live sets in the U.S. and internationally in recent years. Martin co-founded the San Francisco-based Dirtybird Records label along with Claude VonStroke in 2005 and has since released several albums and mixes, his most recent being the two-track […]
Napolitano forms UC task force to address sexual assault prevention
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Friday that she has formed a systemwide task force to better address sexual violence prevention on UC campuses. The task force, which has already met, is evaluating the UC’s current policies on sexual violence prevention and deciding what needs to be tweaked, said Dianne Klein, a UC spokeswoman. […]
Gov. Brown signs state budget, allots about $3 billion to UC funds
This post was updated on June 22 at 9:16 p.m. Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $108 billion budget for the state’s general fund on Friday morning, giving the University of California a $142.2 million increase in state funding. “This on-time budget provides for today and saves for the future,” Brown said in a statement. “We’re paying […]
UCLA professor reaches settlement in 2008 lab fire case
UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran reached a settlement Friday accepting responsibility for conditions in a UCLA laboratory where a 2008 fire led to the death of a 23-year-old staff research assistant. Harran, 44, will have to teach a high school chemistry course, complete 800 community service hours and pay a $10,000 fine, as part of […]
Johnathan Franklin announces football retirement
Former UCLA and Green Bay Packers running back Johnathan Franklin announced his retirement from football Thursday. Franklin suffered a neck injury in Week 12 of the 2013-14 NFL season that initially ruled him out for the remainder of the season. The injury was later re-evaluated as one that will keep him from returning to the […]
Government regulations proposed to address sexual violence on campus
This post was updated on June 22 at 9:10 p.m. The U.S. Department of Education proposed several new regulations Thursday morning to strengthen universities’ policies on sexual violence following growing concerns about sexual assault and harassment on college campuses. The regulations will require universities to compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and […]