Author Archives: Edward Truong

University officials said construction on the residential Hill will not be completed by 2010, which was when they had planned to be able to offer four years of guaranteed housing to all students. Sproul Hall, which closed for renovations in summer 2006, is scheduled to reopen in summer 2008, and the other three high-rise residential […]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa went to Washington, D.C., last week to introduce new proposals for lowering urban poverty through education. Villaraigosa chairs a task force of major city mayors and called last week for the federal government to invest in education to fight poverty. While in Washington, he proposed every student have a federally […]

Though city officials said earlier this year that apron-parking enforcement in North Village would begin this quarter, enforcement has been delayed, most likely until summer. Felicia Brannon, executive director of UCLA Governmental and Community Relations, said city officials had informed her that ticketing would begin at the start of winter quarter. Telephone calls made by […]

UCLA developers, working on the first of its kind in the nation, plan to begin a project that aims to help city emergency workers better respond in the event of a disaster. The Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, a part of the UCLA’s School of Public Affairs, will develop maps and databases for officials to identify […]

The investigation into December’s breach of a UCLA database that contained personal information of current and former students, as well as staff and administrators, continues while officials focus on notifying those affected and publicizing available resources. UCLA officials announced Dec. 11 that a hacker had accessed a database containing personal information of about 800,000 present […]

Starting in January, the city of Los Angeles will begin ticketing North Westwood Village residents for apron parking, the term used to describe cars which are parked in driveways between the street and the sidewalk. Students, faculty and other members of the UCLA community have encouraged city officials to postpone their plans until the summer […]

Residents of some off-campus apartments in Westwood have reported seeing a peeper looking inside their windows over the past few weeks ““ incidents which are similar to at least five prowler and peeper cases that were reported over the summer. No perpetrators were ever identified or caught. UCPD Assistant Chief of Police Jeff Young confirmed […]