By Linh Tat Daily Bruin Senior Staff Police are looking for a man they believe may know something about the disappearance of a UCLA student more than seven months ago. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released a sketch Monday of a man wanted for questioning in the case of Michael Negrete, who has been […]
Category Archives: Crime
LAPD investigates Broxton break-ins
By Laura Rico Daily Bruin Contributor A string of car break-ins at a Westwood Village parking structure has residents concerned about the lot’s security. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating reports of vandalism and break-ins at a parking lot on 1036 Broxton Ave., but they would not say how many reports they’ve received. The […]
Village’s Community Service Center moves to new location
By Barbara Ortutay Daily Bruin Senior Staff In Westwood, the jurisdictions of campus police and the LAPD overlap, resulting in a unique relationship between the two police departments. Serving as a “home base” for both agencies, the Police Community Service Center on Broxton Avenue celebrated its opening July 7. The center moved after four years […]
Disclosure of drug past may affect financial aid
By Christine Byrd Daily Bruin Senior Staff Get convicted of drug use and lose your federal financial aid ““ that’s the law. A provision to the Higher Education Act of 1998 instituted changes in the Federal Application for Financial Student Aid, including an additional question about whether a student has been convicted of a drug-related […]
Critic summarizes life’s controversial questions
Now that I leave college (in only 4 years, which I believe might be a UCLA record!), I find that none of the original questions I had upon enrolling here were answered, except for one particular question which I answered along with a few good friends and a bottle of tequila one night my sophomore […]
Sheriff sends questionnaires to Dykstra residents
By Mason Stockstill Daily Bruin Senior Staff Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies handed out long, detailed questionnaires to everyone in Dykstra Hall on Monday as part of their stepped-up efforts to find first-year student Michael Negrete, missing since December. The Sheriff’s Department is now leading the investigation, which had previously been handled solely by UCPD. […]
Crime Watch
Petty theft Three parking permits and $720 in wallets and backpacks were stolen last week. Someone stole a car stereo and compact disk worth a total of $280 from a vehicle in Lot 4 on Thursday. There was no sign of forced entry. A $100 motorcycle helmet was stolen from the School of Law parking […]