Friday, February 13

LA Fires Research Conference fosters discussion on fire survivors’ experiences

More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...

Photo: A professor in the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pictured speaking at the event. The conference centered on the experiences of fire survivors from the January 2025 Los Angeles county fires. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Students gather for vigil honoring people killed by federal agents

This post was updated Feb. 2 at 12:15 a.m. More than 200 people gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.  The event – organized in part by the Afrikan Student Union, Bruin Democrats and members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council – was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Candles and flowers cover a patch of grass in Dickson Court South. UCLA community members gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the current deportation campaign. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Q&A: North Westwood Neighborhood Council Secretary talks local goals

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:21 p.m. Sailasya Munamarty was appointed as the secretary of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in October after being appointed as an at-large board member on the council in August. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace, where the North Westwood Neighborhood Council holds meetings, is pictured. A Daily Bruin writer sat down with the NWWNC secretary to discuss her work and plans for the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)


LA Metro approves Sepulveda Pass heavy rail plan with UCLA stop

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 9:52 p.m. Editor’s note: This article, its photo caption and its headline were updated Jan. 25 at 7:58 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority unanimously approved a multibillion dollar heavy rail plan through the Sepulveda Pass – which includes a stop on UCLA’s campus – Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA groups join LA protests condemning ICE, Nicolás Maduro capture

UCLA student groups and labor unions joined thousands of protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to condemn violent acts by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the U.S. Read more...

Photo: Units of United Auto Workers are pictured at a November rally. Members of UAW Local 4811 joined UCLA student groups condemning immigration enforcement violence and United States foreign intervention at a Saturday protest in downtown Los Angeles. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA health experts voice concern over CDC child vaccination guideline rollbacks

When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in severe cases, killing them. Read more...

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pictured. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)



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