Homelessness in Los Angeles County increased by 12%, according to a report released jointly by the city and county Tuesday. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority found the county homeless population grew from 52,765 to 58,936 between January 2018 and January 2019. The number of people affected by homelessness is the highest since 2007, when […]
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USAC recap – June 4
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Bruin Viewpoint Room and are open to all students. Watch a livestream of the meetings on the USAC Live! channel on YouTube. Public Comment: Representatives from California […]
Sedan crashes through front of Pinches Tacos in Westwood, injures 3
This post was updated June 4 at 4:08 p.m. A car crashed into a Westwood restaurant Tuesday, injuring three people. A dark blue sedan drove through the entrance of Pinches Tacos on Glendon Avenue, sending glass into the restaurant. Three people were transported to the hospital from the scene, including the driver, but none were […]
Engineering school receives $100 M donation from Samuelis, largest in its history
The namesakes of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science donated a record-breaking $100 million to the school Tuesday. Henry and Susan Samueli’s donation, made through the Samueli Foundation, is the largest gift ever made to the engineering school. UCLA named the engineering school after Henry Samueli after a $30 million donation […]
Bruin Tea: Which student government positions have the biggest stipends?
This post was updated July 23 at 10:30 a.m. Quarter system got you down? Have you fallen and can’t get up? Bruin Tea is a series investigating student questions and petty concerns about UCLA. Student governments on campus include the Undergraduate Students Association Council, the Graduate Students Association, the On-Campus Housing Council and Resident Government […]
Video game antagonist brought to life by student robotics team
This post was updated June 3 at 9:28 a.m. A student robotics team has been working since fall quarter on a robot that merges two of the group’s passions: interdisciplinary engineering and the video game The Legend of Zelda. X1 Robotics, a club on campus created to provide a space for robot-building, is engineering a […]
Anderson School of Management appoints new dean to start July 1
A UCLA professor was named the new dean of the Anderson School of Management, according to a university press release Friday. Antonio Bernardo, a finance professor who has taught at UCLA for 25 years, will take over the position from the current interim dean Al Osborne on July 1. Bernardo currently holds the Joel Fried […]