A professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine was charged with distributing and possessing child pornography, a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office news release announced Wednesday. Guido Germano, director of artificial intelligence medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA professor-in-residence, plead not guilty to one felony count of distributing obscene matter and […]
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Former track coach who trained at Drake Stadium accused of sexual abuse by 41 men
A former track coach who allegedly trained multiple UCLA students at Drake Stadium was accused of sexually abusing 41 men since 1975, ESPN reported Thursday. ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported that Conrad Mainwaring, a former Olympian and track and field trainer, has been accused of inappropriate sexual contact with many of his trainees. Mainwaring was […]
USAC Recap – July 31
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every two weeks in the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! channel on YouTube. Agenda: The council approved the 2019-2020 contingency […]
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ranked No. 1 in CA, LA and No. 6 nationally
The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was ranked No. 1 in California and Los Angeles by U.S. News & World Report on Monday. U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, which evaluated 4,653 hospitals nationwide, published its regional and national rankings Monday. UCLA medical center topped regional rankings for California and LA […]
UC pledges increased worker pay, prohibits strikes in tentative UPTE contract
University of California promised increased pay for a labor union and called for an end to strikes for the duration of the contract in a tentative five-year deal Tuesday. University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119, a union that represents about 14,000 research and technical workers in the UC, will vote to ratify […]
Court suspends Heaps’ medical license for duration of criminal sexual assault case
The Los Angeles Superior Court suspended former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist James Heaps’ medical license in a court hearing July 30. The interim suspension against Heaps will last for the duration of the criminal sexual assault case against him. Heaps faces two counts of sexual battery and one count of sexual exploitation by a physician in a […]
Sepulveda Pass rail station sees increased cost projections as project continues
This post was updated July 30 at 10:25 a.m. Updates to the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project include higher cost estimates, projected ridership numbers and plans for more public input. Although the STC Project was initially estimated to cost $5.678 billion, which would be drawn from Measure M, a Los Angeles sales tax used to raise […]