Man accused of threats, attempted assault with metal chair on campus

University police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to hit another man with a metal chair in Ackerman Union on Thursday. A man reported to police Thursday that another man approached him at about 8:30 p.m. and allegedly attempted to hit him with the chair while making threats and using racial slurs, according […]

Federal officials release plan to improve LA veterans center

Federal officials released Thursday a draft of a master plan that calls for veteran housing and more medical services for the Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Healthcare Center on Wilshire Boulevard. The plan is part of settlement reached in January over a lawsuit filed in 2011 by a group of veterans against the United States […]

UCLA Health to open Woodland Hills Westfield location

UCLA Health will open a new clinic Monday in a Woodland Hills Westfield mall, the first phase of a larger expansion project that would bring clinics into retail spaces throughout Los Angeles. The clinic, located in The Village at the Westfield Topanga mall, is UCLA Health’s first retail location. Physicians at the clinic will focus […]

Undocumented students call on UC to address unfulfilled commitments

Undocumented students from different University of California campuses assembled Monday outside the UC Office of the President in Oakland to express their frustration about what they called a failure to address issues that affect undocumented students. About 30 students from nine different UC campuses gathered to issue a joint statement in response to the University’s […]

UCPD searching for two suspects involved in alleged cellphone robbery

University police are searching for two men who stole a UCLA student’s cell phone in North Village Sunday night. The student reported to UCPD Sunday two men approached her at the Strathmore Drive and Levering Avenue intersection at 11:38 p.m., according to a UCPD alert. They allegedly grabbed her cell phone from her hand and […]

Vice chancellor Jerry Kang launches CrossCheck, talks social issues

The vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion launched a feature on his new university website Tuesday in an attempt to improve campus discussions about social issues. Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang will post self-written commentaries, other articles and videos on CrossCheck to help students better understand the concept of equity. Kang said he launched the […]