Friday, February 13

LA Metro staff recommend transit project alternative including UCLA stop

This post was updated Jan. 14 at 1:54 p.m. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a station on UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. Read more...

Photo: The 405 Freeway is pictured running through the Sepulveda Pass. Los Angeles Metro staff recommended a modified version of alternative five of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – which includes a heavy rail train station underneath UCLA’s campus – to the LA Metro board’s planning and programming committee Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Fit for Health Program adopts holistic approach to childhood obesity

The UCLA Fit for Health Program adopted a new approach to treating childhood obesity: considering the physical, emotional and social aspects of the disease. Dr. Wendelin Slusser, a UCLA Health physician who specializes in clinical care, medical training and obesity research, founded the clinic about 15 years ago. Read more...

Photo: (Caitlin Brockenbrow/Daily Bruin)


Uncertainty for AmeriCorps leads to less support, planning concerns for CA programs

Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. The Trump administration withheld more than $184 million in grants from AmeriCorps, which provides funding to a variety of community service programs – mainly focusing on education, public health and environmental stewardship – last spring. Read more...

Photo: The AmeriCorps volunteer website is pictured. Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)


Q&A: Professor Amada Armenta talks impact of immigration-related arrests on Los Angeles

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have arrested more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since June, according to the U.S. Read more...

Photo: The Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Amada Armenta, an associate professor, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss how an uptick in immigration-related arrests has impacted LA. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCPD detains woman in relation to her child’s death, says no UCLA affiliation

A woman was arrested on UCLA’s campus Tuesday in relation to the death of her young child. She was originally detained around 12 p.m. after approaching UCPD officers near Murphy Hall, said Jeffrey Chobanian, the captain of UCPD’s operations bureau. Read more...

Photo: The outside of Murphy Hall is pictured. A woman was detained on UCLA’s campus Tuesday after she approached UCPD officers near Murphy Hall and made statements that indicated she had harmed her child. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Parts of Wilshire Boulevard to close this week for LA Metro construction

Parts of Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood will close this week because of construction on a new Los Angeles Metro station. The westbound side of Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard will be blocked from 11 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Cars and trucks drive down Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood. The westbound side of Wilshire Boulevard will be partially closed this week because of construction. (Daily Bruin file photo)




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