Wilshire off-ramp on 405 South to close for two weeks

The Wilshire Boulevard off-ramp leading west from the southbound 405 Freeway will close for two weeks starting 8 p.m. today. The existing ramp will be demolished and a new ramp will be constructed in its place, according to a Metro press release. Metro officials advise motorists to adjust travel times or share rides with others. […]

GSA Meeting Roundup – March 6

The UCLA Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Forum meetings are at 5:30 p.m. in the Ackerman Viewpoint Lounge. Agenda The forum approved adding an advisory referendum about UCLA’s leave of absence policy […]

UCLA down 35-24 to WSU at halftime

PULLMAN, Wash. — In a battle between one of the Pac-12’s best teams and its unquestioned worst team, it’s the conference cellar-dweller, Washington State, leading UCLA, 35-24, at halftime. The Cougars opened the half on a 15-2 run, a lead that ballooned to 21 midway through the half. UCLA coach Ben Howland burned three timeouts […]

GSA votes to place fee increase referendum on spring ballot

The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The graduate student government voted to place a fee increase referendum on the spring ballot, at its meeting today. If passed by the graduate student body, the referendum would increase funding for the […]

Koretz holds onto LA City Council 5th district

Incumbent Paul Koretz was re-elected to the the Los Angeles City Council for the 5th District, which includes Westwood and UCLA. Koretz led his challenger, Westwood Neighborhood Council board member Mark Herd, with 74 percent of the total 23,107 votes counted, according to the L.A. city clerk’s website. Experts had long predicted Koretz’s victory in […]

Garcetti and Greuel to advance to runoff election for LA mayoral seat

Candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel will advance to a runoff election in May for the L.A. mayoral seat, after both failed to garner a majority of the vote in Tuesday’s primary election. Garcetti finished with a slim lead over Greuel. Garcetti, a city councilman of Los Angeles’ 13th district that includes Hollywood, Echo Park and […]