University police releases Clery report with 2014 crime statistics

The number of reported forcible sexual offenses on campus decreased last year after a sharp increase in 2013, while numbers of other crimes stayed relatively constant, according to a university police report released Thursday. Forcible sex offenses in 2014 decreased to 26, after they increased from 15 in 2012 to 34 in 2013, according to […]

UCLA completes $1M renovations to Dodd Hall classrooms

UCLA officials spent about $1 million to install new rolling chairs and wooden floors, among other facilities, in Dodd Hall classrooms this summer. The UCLA Office of Instructional Development, or OID, UCLA Facilities Management and the Registrar’s Office funded 11 first-floor classroom renovations that included new lighting fixtures and media equipment, such as projectors and […]

Suspects plead not guilty to murder of UCLA student

Eric Marquez and Alberto Medina both pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to the murder of UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco, and to other charges including burglary. Judge Keith Schwartz said Medina is being held without bail because he was charged with capital murder with a special circumstance of murder during a robbery. Schwartz added Medina […]

Wells Fargo opens second Westwood branch closer to UCLA

Wells Fargo opened its second Westwood Village location Monday in an effort to bring more banking services closer to campus. The new branch is located in the Holmby Hall clock tower building at Le Conte Avenue and Westwood Boulevard, about half a mile closer to campus than the branch on the first floor of the […]

Student leaders oppose Senate Bill 376 amid funding controversy

The state senate approved Senate Bill 376, which would require the University of California to pay contracted workers the same wages and benefits as existing university employees who do similar work, and is awaiting the signature of Gov. Jerry Brown to become law. The bill proposed by Senator Ricardo Lara in April 2015 would require […]