County transportation officials announced a potential sales tax measure Friday that would fund the completion of the Purple Line by 2024 and build a train that runs from Westwood to the Los Angeles International Airport, among other transportation projects. LA County Metro officials expect the proposal, which would increase sales tax by 0.5 percent for […]
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Preliminary hearing concludes for men accused of killing UCLA student
Two men accused of killing UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco in the summer of 2015 will be arraigned a second time after their preliminary hearing concluded Monday. On the final day of the preliminary hearing, Commissioner Mark Zuckman recommended Eric Marquez be tried for aiding and abetting murder and Alberto Medina be tried for murder […]
UCLA School of Law instates tuition guarantee for next three years
Incoming students at the UCLA School of Law will have a tuition guarantee for the next three academic years, officials announced Thursday. Under this guarantee, tuition and fees will not exceed $45,500 for the 2016-2017 academic year, and $46,000 for the 2017-2018 and $46,500 for the 2018-2019 academic years. The school established a tuition guarantee […]
Witnesses testify about UCLA student’s death at preliminary hearing
Alberto Medina kept glancing over his shoulder at the parents of the UCLA student he is accused of murdering while listening to the student’s friends testify what happened the morning she died. He then stood up and told Eric Marquez, who is also accused of her murder, to look at her crying parents. On the […]
Preliminary hearing begins for suspects charged with murder of student
Two men accused of murdering a UCLA student looked on silently at a preliminary hearing Thursday as witnesses testified seeing them outside the apartment complex where Andrea “Andy” DelVesco was found dead Sept. 21. County prosecutors charged Alberto Medina, a Fresno State University student, and Eric Marquez, a fifth-year biology student at UCLA, with the […]
USAC votes to add Social Justice and #UCLAwellness referenda on ballot
Students will be able to vote on two new fee referenda, one supporting outreach and retention programs and another supporting student wellness initiatives, in this spring’s undergraduate student government election. The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to add two referenda, the Social Justice Referendum of 2016 and the #UCLAwellness Referendum, to the […]
Former UCLA resident doctor files lawsuit against UC Regents
A former UCLA resident doctor filed a lawsuit last month against the University of California Board of Regents and supervisors, alleging her supervisors did not grant her maternity leave and later terminated her residency program because they did not want to accommodate her leg injury. Joy Ekwueme further alleged in the lawsuit filed Feb. 2 […]