Los Angeles County officials filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army on Wednesday to stop the proposed land swap of a 10-acre parcel of property located adjacent to Westwood. The land swap is a proposed property exchange by the Army, where the highest bidder in an online auction will receive the 10-acre parcel of land […]
Author Archives: Derek Lipkin
Gaming community may see X-cape go extinct
With the humming of air vents above, Monday afternoon was a slow day at the X-Cape arcade, as the white noise and flashing screens combined into a seizure waiting to happen. At around 3:30 p.m., two gamers were playing their 50 cents in different machines. When one gamer left, another seemed to automatically fill his […]
Alumna falls from window in Chicago
A woman who was last enrolled at UCLA fall 2005 was severely injured in a fall from a seventh-floor window in Chicago on Wednesday and remained in critical condition at a hospital there Thursday. Her name was not released. The woman had been released from Chicago police custody Monday evening after being held for over […]
Community fights to retain space allotted for veteran use
Anthony Vance has been using services offered at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs property since 1979. “First it was because of health issues,” he said. “But I became addicted to drugs through the years. … Now I’m here mainly because of drug issues.” Another veteran, Michael Johns, who was discharged from the Army in […]
UCLA secures large grant
After receiving $14 million in loans from six private organizations last week, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded $12.1 million in grants to institutions throughout the state Monday, with the largest grant going to UCLA. The money from the grants ““ the first the agency has been able to give out since it was […]
UCLA gear sells well
The factory was notified, the designs were approved. All the Associated Students of UCLA needed was a men’s basketball victory Monday. But with UCLA’s loss to Florida, the T-shirts that would have said UCLA was the 2006 NCAA men’s basketball champion did not get the chance to be pressed. But even with the loss, officials […]
Mother rails in letter about bunk
After her daughter fell off the top bunk bed of her dorm room last week, a mother of a UCLA student is taking action in an attempt to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Susan Lee, whose daughter fell off her bunk bed and sustained a two-inch vertical laceration on the back of her head, said […]