UC Chief Financial Officer submits resignation

The University of California’s chief financial officer will resign from his post to become president of a new private foundation in Los Angeles, officials announced Tuesday. Peter Taylor, who in the past five years has been in charge of finding savings solutions for the University as it faced less state funding, will officially leave his […]

UCLA to battle a rising Stephen F. Austin in NCAA matchup

SAN DIEGO — When UCLA tips off against Stephen F. Austin Sunday afternoon, it will be billed as yet another iteration of David versus Goliath.   Except this David is hardly David. The Lumberjacks have won 29 straight games dating back to Nov. 26. They hold the nation’s eighth best assists per game average and […]

UCLA looks to rewrite history with Tulsa in first round of NCAA

SAN DIEGO — On March 18, 1994, UCLA came into the NCAA tournament with a second-place finish in the Pac-10, established players like forward Ed O’Bannon and point guard Tyus Edney and the No. 5 seed in the Midwest bracket. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane certainly didn’t have the odds in their favor, but they did […]

UC medical centers to collaborate, reduce costs

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents announced a project Thursday to cut costs at the UC’s five medical centers in the face of declining revenues. The “Leveraging Scale for Value” plan, presented to the board at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center during the second day of its bimonthly meeting, […]