About 100 residents at a retirement home in Westwood Village have until November to move out of their units to allow for an extensive renovation of the building. Watermark Retirement Communities, a company based in Arizona, bought the Vintage Westwood retirement community building on Tiverton Avenue in October, said Jill Hofer, a spokesperson for the […]
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UC Regents schedule vote on first tuition increase in six years
University of California officials announced plans Wednesday to increase tuition for the first time in six years. The UC Regents will vote on the $282 increase at its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco from Jan. 25 to 26. The regents will also vote on a $54 student service fee increase that would help […]
Juniors power No. 9 women’s basketball to victory over Colorado
This post was updated Jan. 2 at 3:40 p.m. A pair of UCLA juniors, forward Monique Billings and guard Jordin Canada, stole the show at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. The No. 9 UCLA women’s basketball team opened 2017 with an 87-74 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes (10-3, 0-2 Pac-12). The Bruins (11-2, 2-0) picked up […]
Jordin Canada leads women’s basketball to 71-52 win over UCSB
Sometimes basketball is simple. In what would eventually be a 71-52 win over UC Santa Barbara (2-7), No. 9 UCLA (8-1) figured out in the second quarter what the game plan would have to be. It wasn’t complicated and it mostly involved junior point guard Jordin Canada, who ended up with 30 points, one shy […]
UCLA men’s basketball overpowers Michigan in second half to win 102-84
This post was updated Dec. 10 at 7:49 p.m. With just over a minute left in the first half, it looked like the game was slipping away from UCLA. After holding a 6-point lead with 5:31 before halftime, the Bruins found themselves suddenly down seven to the Michigan Wolverines. Then Lonzo Ball took over. The […]
UCLA professors stride forward in robotic technology research
This post was updated on Dec. 5 at 11:32 a.m. Tony, a robot equipped with mechanical arms that resemble those of a human, glides over to a nearby person holding an empty cup of water. Anticipating the person’s thirst, it delicately grabs the cup and proceeds to refill it. Scenes like this have been reserved […]
Student dives into world of TV production at ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
Erin Hayes’ typical Friday activities range from being backstage with Tom Hanks to driving a golf cart around the Warner Bros. lot. Hayes, a third-year English student, is an intern at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” from August through December. The internship marks a transition for Hayes from work in the film industry to the daytime […]