Eager students poured into the crowded front office of Paul Revere Charter Middle School to welcome Deborah Elkins as she carried in bags of leftover bagels, Elkins said. Elkins has been distributing bagels for three years, after she learned the donated leftovers she brought from New York Bagel Co. in Brentwood to a function in […]
Author Archives: Jillian Frankel
Hillel at UCLA executive director seeks to help students find identity
Aaron Lerner knew for years he wanted to be a Jewish rabbi, but never expected it would happen at the age of 35. After attending college at USC, he worked in commercial real estate finance and said he enjoyed his career, but wanted to communicate with other people to answer larger questions and to fulfill […]
UniCamp relocates second session due to persisting San Bernardino fires
About 200 children and student volunteers at a UCLA nonprofit summer camp moved Saturday to a campsite in Wrightwood for the second session of the program as the San Bernardino fires that forced them to evacuate from their original site continued to spread. UniCamp student counselors moved the first session of the camp from Barton […]
Fire at San Bernardino Mountains forces UniCamp to relocate
A UCLA summer camp program relocated its first session after a wildfire broke out in the San Bernardino Mountains Wednesday afternoon and threatened air quality at the original campsite. About 60 UCLA student volunteers and leaders who were present for on-site training before the first session were safely evacuated. No children were present at the […]
UCLA alumna opens high-end candy shop
UCLA alumna Rosie O’Neill and her now-fiance Josh Resnick went to an outdoor screening of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” on their third date. Afterward, they fantasized about creating a candy store for adults. When the two realized that no such shop existed near them, they launched the website for Sugarfina, a gourmet confections […]
UCLA Anderson School of Management receives $100M donation
The UCLA Anderson School of Management received a $100 million donation from Marion Anderson, wife of the business school’s namesake, UCLA announced Wednesday. Marion Anderson donated the largest single amount the school has ever received, Chancellor Gene Block said in an email statement to the campus community Wednesday. About $40 million of the donation will […]
Community holds vigil to honor life of UCLA student Brenda Coronel
Fresh flowers, candles, hand-drawn portraits and Greek letters decorated an altar for UCLA student Brenda Coronel at a vigil Monday. Coronel, who was from Salinas and studied political science, was killed in a car accident on April 26 on the 605 Freeway in Los Alamitos. She was 23 years old. Her friends described her as […]