Graduate student under scrutiny after attacking man in Charlottesville rally

A UCLA graduate student who took part in last summer’s Charlottesville riots is under an ongoing investigation by the university after being identified in early July. ProPublica and Frontline found a video of Michael Miselis, an aerospace engineering doctoral student, beating an unidentified African-American man at the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in August 2017. […]

Man allegedly commits sexual battery at Bruin Plate, flees scene of crime

University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually battered a UCLA student Wednesday. The student was outside of Bruin Plate at 10:30 p.m. when the man approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks, according to a UCPD alert. The man then fled north on Charles E. Young Drive West. UCPD described the […]

Medina’s sentencing postponed after defense alleges juror misconduct

This post was updated July 23 at 3:41 p.m. A judge postponed the sentencing of Alberto Medina for the 2015 murder of a UCLA student after the defense asked for more time to petition for a new trial. Medina was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Andrea “Andy” DelVesco, a former UCLA student, in […]

Former UCLA basketball player found dead in Sherman Oaks home

This post was updated on July 7 at 1:03 p.m. Tyler Honeycutt, a former UCLA basketball player, was found dead after shooting at police and barricading himself in a Sherman Oaks home Friday. Family members identified Honeycutt on Saturday, after reports that the man had been a former basketball player for both UCLA and the NBA, […]

UCLA doctor suspended after allegations of sexual harassment at prior job

A UCLA cardiologist had his medical license suspended due to allegations of sexual harassment when he worked at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. An administrative law judge ruled this week that Guillermo Andres Cortes, a doctor at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and former doctor at the L.A. County-USC Medical Center, would pose […]

Medina found guilty of first-degree murder in trial by jury

This post was updated May 29 at 6:39 p.m. A jury found Alberto Medina guilty in the first degree of the 2015 murder of a UCLA student. Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila, representing the prosecution, said Medina is facing a life sentence without the possibility of parole because he was convicted of first-degree murder with special […]

Medina’s defense attorney refutes first-degree murder charge

A defense attorney representing Alberto Medina, who allegedly murdered Andrea “Andy” DelVesco in 2015, said he had killed her. Debra Werbel, the attorney representing Medina, a former Fresno State University student accused of murdering DelVesco, a UCLA student, said while the defense concedes Medina did kill DelVesco, the murder was not premeditated and the charge […]