Police are searching for a man who shoplifted about $200 worth of cosmetic items from CVS Pharmacy in Westwood Village Friday morning. The man entered the CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue about 9:35 a.m. Friday, put the merchandise into a bag and left the store, according to a statement […]
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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 […]
UCPD looking for man who struck student on Glenrock Avenue
University police are searching for a man who hit a UCLA student on Glenrock Avenue early Friday after the student refused to give him money. The man approached the student about 5:55 a.m. near 555 Glenrock Ave. and asked the student for money, according to a UCPD statement. When the student refused, the man struck […]
ASUCLA employee arrested for alleged embezzlement
This post was updated on July 9 at 8:16 p.m. Police arrested an Associated Students UCLA employee last week for allegedly embezzling almost $200,000 from the ASUCLA textbook buyback program over a span of about two years. UCPD officers arrested the UCLA Store’s manager of used textbooks, a 47-year-old man, at about 6 p.m. on […]
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will not face felony charges following UCLA arrest
This post was updated on July 7 at 11:50 a.m. Sean “Diddy” Combs will not face felony assault and battery charges following his arrest for allegedly attacking a UCLA assistant football coach and an intern on June 22. Shiara Davila-Morales, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, said L.A. county prosecutors declined […]
Woman sues device-maker over UCLA Medical Center superbug outbreak
A woman from Newport Beach filed a lawsuit Friday against a health care device-maker whose scopes were tied to an outbreak of a superbug at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in February. Staci Simos said in a complaint filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court that she was infected with the superbug carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae […]
Man reported peeping into student’s Roebling Avenue apartment
University police are searching for a man seen peeping into a UCLA student’s Roebling Avenue apartment Tuesday night. The man was standing outside the student’s apartment on the 10900 block of Roebling Ave. and looking through the window at about 8:47 p.m., according to a UCPD statement. The man was about 6 feet tall with […]