About 200 children and student volunteers at a UCLA nonprofit summer camp moved Saturday to a campsite in Wrightwood for the second session of the program as the San Bernardino fires that forced them to evacuate from their original site continued to spread. Read more...
Photo: UniCamp, a nonprofit summer camp, was forced to relocate again after the San Bernardino fires that forced it to evacuate from its original site in Barton Flats continued to spread. (Courtesy of Michael Starr)
UCLA’s incoming Fleet and Transit Services director collected city maps as a kid because he found streets fascinating. Clinton Bench said he thinks street planning, which is constrained by urban development, must be creative to get people from place to place in the fastest way possible, and Los Angeles’ history is most intriguing to look at. Read more...
UCLA has undertaken several water conservation projects since 2013 because of the California drought and Gov. Jerry Brown’s emergency water restrictions, including replacing the Intramural Field’s grass with artificial turf. Read more...
A UCLA scientist and professor emeritus of the David Geffen School of Medicine donated $1 million to the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, officials announced Thursday. Read more...
Dana Cuff, director of CityLab at UCLA and a professor of architecture and urban design, led a team of students and faculty in designing affordable and environmentally friendly housing. Read more...
Photo: (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated on June 24 at 6:25 p.m. Campus officials have closed Strathmore Drive between Westwood Plaza and Charles E. Young Drive East until the end of August as workers increase the height of the bridge above the street. Read more...
A UCLA summer camp program relocated its first session after a wildfire broke out in the San Bernardino Mountains Wednesday afternoon and threatened air quality at the original campsite. Read more...
