UCLA’s emergency message system, BruinAlert, provides the campus community with notifications whenever anything poses a continuing danger to students, faculty or visitors. However, students have said they wonder why some alerts were not issued during emergencies last year and how BruinAlerts come about. Once UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management verifies an emergency that poses a […]
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UCLA minimum wage set to rise with state, city increases
The University of California Office of the President updated its policy in April, requiring UCLA to comply with Los Angeles’s imminent minimum wage increase. Each UC campus must follow federal, state and local minimum wage provisions, according to the policy. California’s minimum wage will rise from $9 to $10 an hour starting Jan. 1. The […]
Cyber attack on UCLA Health may affect up to 4.5M
A cyber attack on UCLA Health’s computer network may have exposed the personal and medical information of as many as 4.5 million people, officials announced Friday. Although there is no evidence information was actually taken, UCLA Health is working with the FBI to investigate the attack. Additionally, UCLA is checking computer systems across campus to […]
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 […]
Explosion in electrical vault causes UCLA, Westwood power outage
An explosion in an electrical vault near Parking Structure 8 Tuesday afternoon caused a power outage on campus and in Westwood. Power was restored to the area at about 1:35 p.m. and no injuries were reported, said Carol Tucker, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The Los Angeles Fire Department […]
Small electrical fire reported at UCLA engineering school, no injuries
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. The LAFD responded to a report of a structure fire at 4:01 p.m. between buildings four and five of the engineering school, said Erik Scott, an LAFD spokesman. The flames […]
UCLA officials demand $13M for damages from 2014 summer flood
This post was updated on July 10 at 10:54 a.m. UCLA officials are demanding $13 million from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to pay for damages caused by the Sunset Boulevard water main break last summer. The flood that resulted damaged five non-academic buildings, athletic fields and two underground parking garages. UCLA […]