Judicial board rules against petition to disqualify Bruins United slate

The undergraduate student government judicial board ruled in favor of the election board after receiving a petition asking it to disqualify the Bruins United slate. The judicial board voted unanimously that the election board did not violate code when sanctioning the slate for multiple violations. Three students petitioned against the election board Thursday morning, alleging […]

UCPD investigating body found on Levering Avenue

University police found the body of a man in his 20s on Levering Avenue early Tuesday morning. The man was not a student, said UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein. Officers found the body at about 7 a.m. between 901 and 919 Levering Ave. There appears to be no foul play in the death, Greenstein said. Detectives […]

Police find bodies in car on Veteran Avenue, suspect murder-suicide

This post was updated on March 15 at 2:30 p.m. Police discovered the bodies of a man and a woman in a parked car on Veteran Avenue on Wednesday morning. Authorities are investigating the death of the man and woman, who were in their 80s, as a murder-suicide, said a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. […]

Twenty-five UCLA employees identified in UC sexual harassment reports

UCLA had 25 cases of faculty, staff and employees who sexually harassed university community members between 2013 and 2016, the second-highest number among the 10 UC campuses, according to documents released by University of California campuses Tuesday. A former director of a prominent program at the UCLA School of Law, multiple staff members in the UCLA […]

UC President Janet Napolitano hospitalized

University of California President Janet Napolitano was hospitalized Monday morning due to cancer treatment complications. Doctors said she is doing well and expect her to be released in the coming days, according to a UC Office of the President statement. The statement did not specify what type of cancer Napolitano has. UC senior leaders will […]

Westwood, LA roads to close for Vice President Joe Biden’s visit

Vice President Joe Biden will visit West Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, causing road closures in the Westwood area. Biden is attending a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser Thursday evening, according to White House officials. The Los Angeles Police Department issued the following street closures for Thursday: Wilshire Boulevard between South Sepulveda Boulevard and […]

Ronald and Valerie Sugar donate $5M to UCLA School of Engineering

Two UCLA alumni donated $5 million to a Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science endowment Wednesday. Ronald and Valerie Sugar established the endowment to support the school and Dean Jayathi Murthy’s goals. Murthy’s title will now be the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Engineering. Murthy said the endowment will be used […]