Lawsuit alleges UC Regents’ indifference toward Title IX violations

Two graduate students filed a federal lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents Thursday, alleging UCLA officials did not adequately address complaints that a professor sexually harassed them. Nefertiti Takla and Kristen Glasgow, both graduate students in history, alleged history professor Gabriel Piterberg sexually harassed them, including making unwelcome sexual comments and advances, […]

UCPD looking for man responsible for sexual assault attempt on student

University police are searching for a man who attempted to grab a UCLA student’s buttocks outside De Neve Plaza Sunday evening. The student was walking on the De Neve Plaza crosswalk about 4:30 p.m. when an unknown man tried to grab her, according to police logs. The man made no physical contact. The man was […]

LA Mayor Garcetti signs minimum wage measure into law

Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law Saturday a Los Angeles City Council proposal that will gradually increase the city’s minimum wage every year to $15 an hour by 2020. Garcetti signed the measure at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in South Los Angeles. The signing included a ceremony attended by business and labor leaders and […]

Gil Cates Jr. to take over as executive director of Geffen Playhouse

The Geffen Playhouse Board of Directors announced Thursday that Gil Cates Jr. will take over as the new executive director as the playhouse moves into its 20th anniversary season. “Gil’s devotion and dedication to the theater has gone far beyond doing a good job,” said Chairman Emeritus Frank Mancuso in a statement. “He embraces the […]

VA seeks to develop master plan to revitalize West LA campus

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs chose three firms Thursday to form a master plan intended to revitalize its West Los Angeles campus. The VA chose design firm HOK and construction firms The Walsh Group and Core Companies to create a master plan due Oct. 16 that the VA hopes will prioritize permanent and […]

Student reports sexual assault on the Hill

University police are searching for a man who penetrated a UCLA student with his fingers in a dorm room on the Hill early Saturday. The man walked into the room about 1:30 a.m. and penetrated the student, who did not initially resist because she thought the man was an acquaintance, according to a UCPD statement. […]

UCLA cancer center receives $1M donation from Revlon

Revlon donated $1 million to the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, in honor of UCLA women’s cancer researcher Dennis Slamon, Revlon’s CEO Lorenzo Delpani announced in a press release Friday. The money will fund research for potential new therapies and treatments for triple-negative breast cancer as well as ovarian cancer, Slamon said in a statement. […]