Thursday, March 5

Hillel at UCLA executive director seeks to help students find identity

Aaron Lerner knew for years he wanted to be a Jewish rabbi, but never expected it would happen at the age of 35. After attending college at USC, he worked in commercial real estate finance and said he enjoyed his career, but wanted to communicate with other people to answer larger questions and to fulfill his love of Jewish learning. Read more...

Photo: Aaron Lerner became the new executive director of Hillel at UCLA last month. He has worked to increase the leadership training program develop skills such as public speaking. (Courtesy of Aaron Lerner)



Small electrical fire reported at UCLA engineering school, no injuries

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. The LAFD responded to a report of a structure fire at 4:01 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA officials demand $13M for damages from 2014 summer flood

This post was updated on July 10 at 10:54 a.m. UCLA officials are demanding $13 million from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to pay for damages caused by the Sunset Boulevard water main break last summer. Read more...

Photo: Last summer, a water main burst underneath Sunset Boulevard, releasing about 20 million gallons of water and flooding Bruin Walk, Pauley Pavilion and Parking Structures 4 and 7. (Daily Bruin file photo)


ASUCLA employee arrested for alleged embezzlement

This post was updated on July 9 at 8:16 p.m. Police arrested an Associated Students UCLA employee last week for allegedly embezzling almost $200,000 from the ASUCLA textbook buyback program over a span of about two years. Read more...

Photo: An ASUCLA employee was arrested last week for allegedly embezzling about $200,000 from the UCLA Store’s textbook buyback program for over a span of two year. (Daily Bruin file photo)





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