Sunday, June 15


UCPD aids arrests for crimes related to LA fires; DA urges stricter punishments

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has made at least 39 arrests for crimes related to the January fires in Southern California. The LA County fires burned over 47,000 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website. Read more...

Photo: A UCPD car drives on Westwood Plaza. UCPD aided in several mutual aid arrests during the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Fire on Roebling Avenue extinguished following UCLA men’s basketball win

A fire started on Roebling Avenue around 8:45 p.m. Saturday. The fire, which the Los Angeles Fire Department extinguished at 9:22 p.m., came hours after UCLA men’s basketball’s 27-point victory over the University of Southern California. Read more...

Photo: A fire burns on Roebling Avenue. The fire began around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, and LAFD extinguished it at 9:22 p.m. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)



UCPD makes 2 arrests for organized retail theft during routine traffic stop

UCPD arrested two people for organized retail theft Monday. UCPD conducted a traffic stop for a routine violation, said Jeffrey Chobanian, UCPD’s acting captain of the administrative bureau, in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: A UCPD car is pictured. UCPD arrested two people for organized retail theft Monday after a routine traffic stop, police said in an emailed statement. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA men’s water polo recruit admits to sexual penetration of minor with foreign object

This post was updated April 21 at 4:45 p.m. Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of alleged instances of sexual penetration against a minor. UCLA men’s water polo recruited a player who has admitted to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor, according to the Southern California News Group.  The 17-year-old athlete was arrested in February 2024 and admitted in the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court in November to the offense of sexual penetration with a foreign object against a minor as a high school student at Harvard-Westlake School, according to an investigation by SCNG. Read more...

Photo: Spieker Aquatics Center, where the UCLA men’s water polo team plays, is pictured. (Jacqueline Jacobo/Daily Bruin)


LASD fails to be transparent about role in police response to encampment

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it sent two squads to back up police who cleared last spring’s Palestine solidarity encampment – but only after an acting captain told the Daily Bruin it hadn’t participated at all. Read more...

Photo: A letter stating that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not send officers to the UCLA campus during last spring’s encampment is layered over a collage of photos showing LASD officers on campus. LASD did in fact send officers to campus to assist with protest policing, a senior officer said. (Photos by Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff and Zimo Li/Photo editor. Photo illustration by Lindsey Murto/Design director)



1 2 3 4 5 197