This post was updated June 3 at 11:57 a.m. Los Angeles County officials enacted a curfew in LA County, following multiple days of protests against police brutality. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles County officials enacted a county-wide curfew from 6 p.m. on Sunday to 6 a.m. on Monday. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Peaceful protests turned violent in West Hollywood on Saturday following several days of civil unrest across the nation. The protest attracted thousands and started peacefully in Pan Pacific Park in response to police brutality. Read more...
Photo: Peaceful protests organized by the Black Lives Matter movement in West Hollywood turned violent following police confrontation. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 22 at 8:24 p.m. All registered voters in the state of California may vote by mail in the upcoming general election in November, following an executive order from California Gov. Read more...
Photo: All registered voters in the state of California may vote by mail in the November general election after California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA is partnering with the University of California, San Francisco, and the California Department of Public Health to train contact tracers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: UCLA, partnered with UCSF and CADPH, are training contact tracers to combat the spread of COVID-19. Contact tracing is important as it helps stop people who have come in contact with COVID-19, spread the infection further by advising self isolation and testing. The trainees in the program are mostly civil servants who are not able to continue working due to the pandemic. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
The state of California and UCLA are both planning to provide undocumented individuals with access to funding after they were left out of the coronavirus stimulus package. Read more...
Photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to provide undocumented California residents with stimulus payments of $500 after they were left out of the coronavirus stimulus package. UCLA also plans to provide undocumented students with $200 from private and institutional grants. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Defying stay-at-home orders, scores of protesters drove to Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday to demand the city reopen nonessential businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. The protest is one of a series of “Operation Gridlock” rallies across the country, including a similar march at Huntington Beach on Friday, criticizing the stay-at-home orders’ effect on the economy. Read more...
Photo: Alma Villanueva, a supporter of President Donald Trump, waves an American flag on top of a convertible circling around Civic Center. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
California is likely to be hit worse than other states during the recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to an outlook from UCLA Anderson Forecast. Read more...
Photo: The United States economy has entered into a recession, one that is likely to impact California more severely, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast. The recession is projected to continue through the end of September. (Daily Bruin file photo)
