This post was updated Sept. 27 at 11:03 p.m. When one woman from El Salvador moved to the United States in 1979, she was alone and worked as a housekeeper, retail employee and babysitter to support her daughter. Read more...
Photo: The K-Town Archive team is pictured. A partnership between the UCLA Archive of Healing and the Koreatown Storytelling Program is preserving nearly 400 stories through a new oral history project. (Courtesy of Katherine Yungmee Kim)
This post was updated Sept. 15 at 7:07 p.m. Dozens of physicians protested on campus at noon Tuesday to denounce the termination of a Medi-Cal contract that allowed low-income patients to access UCLA Health services. Read more...
Photo: Physicians participate in a protest to denounce the termination of a contract between UCLA and Health Care LA. Nine thousand patients lost access to UCLA Health providers after it failed to renew its contract with Health Care LA, a non-profit group of doctors, on June 30, according to the LA Times. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
Sources: California Environmental Protection Agency CalHeatScore data and Los Angeles County ZIP Codes. Graphic reporting by Charlie Hamilton, Science and Health editor. Interactive by Bianca Peralta, Data editor. Read more...
Photo: A heat ambassador distributes flyers to raise awareness on the dangers of extreme heat. These community healthcare workers are trained by LARC and distribute resources including flyers, fans, water bottles, sunscreen and Metro TAP cards to residents. (Courtesy of Ellen Ma)
This post was updated July 26 at 8:13 p.m. UCLA researchers are pushing for Los Angeles to build more shade infrastructure ahead of the 2027 Super Bowl and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Read more...
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This post was updated July 5 at 11:07 p.m. High stress levels on fault lines under Los Angeles could increase risk of an earthquake in the near future, according to a June study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers. Read more...
Photo: The Coachella Valley, which the San Andreas Fault runs through before reaching Los Angeles, is pictured. The fault converges with the San Jacinto Fault at the northern part of the Canjon Pass, and stress built up here could lead to a large earthquake, according to a June study. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
A new club is using art to support Asian American survivors of domestic violence. Project Medusa, a student-led initiative founded in February, puts on creative workshops for domestic violence survivors in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: Colorful paper is pictured. Project Medusa hosts creative workshops for domestic violence survivors at the Center for the Pacific Asian Family in Los Angeles. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Anneliese Fiegl, a senior student supervisor at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, uses most of her earnings to pay for tuition and educational expenses. The rising third-year biochemistry student earns $20.75 per hour overseeing other employees for around 10 hours each week. Read more...
Photo: A photo illustration of a hand holding money. California’s minimum wage increased Jan. 1, and Los Angeles is set to increase its minimum wage to $18.42 July 1. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
