College students have always been prime targets for Internet scammers. But the prevalence of online robberies in the past year has caused UCPD to try to prevent scams by keeping students informed, said James Echols, a UCPD crime prevention officer.
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UCLA researchers receive grant to study effects of copper surfaces in hospitals
Parts of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s intensive care units will soon gleam with a gold shine as plastic keyboards and bed rails are stripped from exam rooms and replaced with copper substitutes for a new medical study.
Two neighbors witness the ups and downs of Westwood Village over 50 years
Ida Wolf moved into her Westwood home in 1954, when five UC campuses had yet to be founded, John Wooden was just beginning to make his mark on UCLA basketball and Westwood Village was a thriving college town.
Typically uninsured youth can stay on parents’ health insurance plans for longer under Affordable Care Act
College graduates who might have lost their health insurance after graduation will continue to have the option to stay on their parents’ insurance programs until they are 26, after the nation’s highest court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last Thursday.
Former worker files lawsuit against Westwood bar O’Hara’s
A popular bar in Westwood is facing a civil lawsuit after a former employee filed a complaint against the establishment last month.
Several Big Blue Bus lines to move from Hilgard to Ackerman
The Big Blue Bus will make changes to some of its bus lines that have stops at UCLA starting June 17.
University to hear public comments on environmental impact of Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center
The university will hold a hearing next week to allow public comments on the proposed UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center’s environmental impact report.