Editorial: Regent accused of sexual harassment must exit board

California’s state government has started to purge itself of sexual harassers. But one at the University of California doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. State assemblymember Raul Bocanegra declared last week he would not run for re-election in the face of sexual harassment allegations. And members of California’s Democratic Party are calling for the resignation […]

Football’s offensive coordinator asked to step in as interim head coach

Offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch’s Sunday started normally. He woke up, went to work and began grading film from the previous night’s game. Then he got called into a meeting with Athletics Director Dan Guerrero. The conversation didn’t last long. “It was pretty short in that regard,” Fisch said. “Unfortunately in this business, changes are made […]

UCLA men’s basketball has big expectations against Creighton

The outlook for UCLA men’s basketball’s season has changed dramatically in the past couple of weeks – with the indefinite suspension of three players set to be key members of the rotation calling into question how the Bruins will look against top-notch competition. UCLA’s season opener against Georgia Tech provided a glimpse, with the Bruins […]

Trick-play touchdown, other special-teams struggles doom UCLA against USC

The most embarrassing error came early on, but the mistakes continued all night for UCLA’s special teams in Saturday night’s 28-23 loss to USC. The Bruins gave up a punt return touchdown early in the first quarter, when they fell for a Trojan trick play that lured them to one side of the field while […]

Women’s basketball takes down No. 3 Baylor 82-68

The Bruins got their revenge against the Bears. No. 8 UCLA women’s basketball (3-0) defeated No. 3 Baylor (3-1) 82-68 on Saturday afternoon. The last time the Bruins beat a top-three team was in 2008, when they took down then-No. 3 Stanford at Pauley Pavilion. Around this time last year, the Bruins fell to the […]

UC Regents preview – Nov. 15-16

The University of California Regents, the governing board of the UC, will discuss revisions to UC policies regarding state audits, the UC Office of the President’s progress in implementing state auditor recommendations and various capital projects, among other topics, at its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco this week. Wednesday The Public Engagement and […]