This article was updated on August 2 at 5:55 p.m. A man wanted for scamming several UCLA students in the North Village was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days in county jail and a three-year probation for two scams. University police said James Webb Hunter III, 38, was known to scam people out of money by […]
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UCPD arrest man who allegedly threatened with knife in parking lot
University police arrested a man who allegedly threatened another man with a knife in Parking Structure 4 Sunday morning. The man followed the second man from the 405 Freeway into the first level of the parking lot after an apparent road rage incident, according to a UCPD statement. The first man approached the second man […]
UCPD looking for man who entered student apartment, attempted burglary
University police are searching for a man who entered a UCLA student’s Weyburn Terrace apartment late Thursday and attempted burglary. The student reported she heard the doorbell ring at her apartment at 785 Weyburn Terrace about 11:30 p.m. while she was in her room, according to a UCPD statement. When she saw that nobody was […]
UCLA Health patient files lawsuit after cyber attack
A UCLA Health patient filed a class action suit against the health care provider Monday for inadequately storing personal and medical information. The patient, Michael Allen, was a potential victim in a recent cyber attack against UCLA Health’s computer network. The attack may have exposed the personal and medical information of as many as 4.5 […]
UCPD searching for two men who stole from a Levering Avenue apartment
University police are searching for two men who entered a UCLA student’s apartment Friday and stole a laptop and a pair of headphones while the student was inside. The men walked into the student’s apartment at 885 Levering Ave. between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday and stole the laptop and the headphones, police said […]
Firefighters rescue person trapped in Hedrick Hall elevator
Firefighters rescued a person who was stuck in an elevator shaft in Hedrick Hall Tuesday night. The Los Angeles Fire Department received a call at 9:45 p.m. about a person who was pinned to gearing equipment between the ground floor and the floor of the elevator shaft, said LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. Firefighters used airbags […]
Students split on effectiveness of BruinAlert warning system
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 […]