Students and staff will now be able to take a new direct bus line between Long Beach and UCLA. The UCLA/Westwood Commuter Express will offer a direct connection from Long Beach to Westwood starting Monday. The new line has two stops in Long Beach and three stops in Westwood. The year-long pilot program was created […]
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Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – March 28
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors will meet next May 16. Erin Schneider, a field deputy for […]
Union to hold strike in response to UC’s alleged intimidation of workers
University of California service and patient care workers will strike April 10. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Friday it will hold a systemwide strike April 10 in response to the UC’s alleged intimidation of workers, according to an AFSCME Local 3299 press release. AFSCME […]
Organization files lawsuit against UCLA for not complying to public records request
This post was updated March 28 at 2:11 p.m. A nonpartisan free speech organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against UCLA because the university did not comply with a public records request filed last year in a timely manner. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed a public records request to UCLA in March 2018, […]
US Department of Education to investigate UCLA, schools involved in bribery scheme
The U.S. Department of Education sent letters Tuesday stating it will investigate UCLA and seven other universities involved in a recent admissions scandal. Parents and coaches were accused March 12 of falsifying standardized test scores and bribing coaches to secure admission for their children at prestigious universities. Jorge Salcedo, the recently resigned men’s soccer coach […]
Former UCLA men’s soccer coach pleads not guilty to racketeering charges
Jorge Salcedo pled not guilty to charges of racketeering Monday, according to court documents. The former men’s soccer coach appeared in a Boston federal court on Monday regarding allegations that he accepted bribes from parents in exchange for securing spots on the UCLA soccer teams, as well as admission into the university, for their children. […]
AFSCME Local 3299 files Unfair Labor Practice charge against UC
A labor union filed charges Monday against the University of California for allegedly intimidating striking workers. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the California Public Employment Relations Board, alleging the UC illegally intimidated strikers through workplace retaliation, threats of […]