Dear Daily Bruin staff and members of the UCLA community, I am a firm believer that journalists should be telling the news – not making it. And yet, here we are doing just that. A considerable number of Daily Bruin staff members elected to strike upon learning that our publisher, the Associated Students UCLA Communications […]
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Vote to subdivide WWNC, create new Westwood council receives majority
This post was updated May 23 at 4:19 p.m. Students and Westwood community members won an election to create a new neighborhood council in Westwood, according to a preliminary vote tally Wednesday. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, homeowners and business owners, received 2,004 votes to break away from the Westwood Neighborhood Council and form […]
Trial for 2015 murder of UCLA student progresses as witnesses testify
A jury heard from witnesses who lived with a man accused of murdering a UCLA student during trial proceedings Wednesday. Alberto Medina, a former Fresno State University student, was arrested in 2015 for allegedly murdering Andrea “Andy” DelVesco, who at the time was a UCLA student. County prosecutors also allege Medina is responsible for two […]
Trial begins for 2015 murder of UCLA student Andrea DelVesco
A trial began Tuesday for a case involving the murder of a UCLA student in 2015. County prosecutors accused Alberto Medina, a former Fresno State University student, of the murder of Andrea “Andy” DelVesco, a UCLA student, in her Roebling Avenue apartment on Sept. 21, 2015 during a trial Tuesday. Medina was also charged with […]
UCPD searching for someone defrauding people, impersonating police officer
University police are searching for an individual who has been claiming to be a police officer. Since Saturday, someone who has been impersonating a police officer called around 15 UCLA students and staff members to tell them they or a loved one have an outstanding arrest warrant, according to a UCPD alert. The impersonator then […]
Three students report to UCPD about property stolen from dorm room
University police are searching for an individual who allegedly burglarized a residence hall early Friday morning. Three UCLA students were sleeping in their dorm at Delta Terrace when the individual entered the dorm between 2:17 a.m. and 9 a.m. and stole personal property, according to a UCPD alert. UCPD did not provide a description of […]
The Daily Bruin takes home multiple first-place awards at SPJ conference
This article was updated April 29 at 5:44 p.m. The Daily Bruin earned more than a dozen awards across several categories at a regional journalism competition Saturday. The Bruin received multiple accolades for sports writing and multimedia projects at the Society of Professional Journalists Regional Conference in Universal City, California, totaling six first-place awards and […]