Author Archives: Noah Grand

Los Angeles County may close two hospitals where UCLA runs teaching and research programs if voters don’t bail out the county’s trauma centers with a multi-million dollar ballot measure Tuesday. Facing a budget shortfall of $326.6 million in 2003-2004, the county is looking to ballot measure B ““ along with possible state and federal aid […]

UCLA clerical, professional and technical workers protested in front of Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office Wednesday, threatening to strike if their demands are not met. Workers seek a pay increase and lower costs for on-campus parking and health care. While members of both unions that participated said they would rather not strike, they said it may […]

Next week, voters will choose whether a veteran legislator or the president of Anaheim’s school board will oversee California’s K-12 school system for the next four years and sit on the UC Board of Regents. While the candidates for State Superintendent of Public Instruction differ on their ideas for K-12 education, both said state universities […]

With state-wide elections less than two weeks away, recent polls show that while Gray Davis has a ten-point lead, a majority of voters find both main party candidates unsatisfactory. In an election that has drawn national attention, the winner, it appears, will be the more popular of two unpopular candidates. Davis, the incumbent, has been […]

A group of Southern California professors agreed that the main reason San Fernando Valley residents want to secede from Los Angeles is because of cultural differences, not a lack of services. These statements were a part of a public forum on secession, sponsored by the School of Public Policy and UCLA Extension, among others. Los […]

Safe streets, better schools, lower taxes and their own local government: some Valley residents feel seceding from Los Angeles is the only way to get what they want. “Tax money generated in the San Fernando Valley should be spent on San Fernando Valley issues,” said Carlos Ferreyra, co-chair of the group campaigning for secession. L.A. […]

Tempers flared as students, politicians and professors packed Kinsey Hall Wednesday to debate U.S. policy toward Iraq. Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan, nationally syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington and former presidential advisor Dennis Ross all spoke at the forum, which was sponsored by the UCLA International Institute and the Burkle Center for International Relations. The […]