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Los Angeles, News

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March 29, 9:35 pm

Displacement of homeless population at Echo Park sparks protests, clashes with LAPD

More than 200 individuals experiencing homelessness were displaced at Echo Park Lake, leading to protests attended by the UCLA community starting Wednesday. Protests on Wednesday and Thursday led to clashes between 400 police officers and around 200 demonstrators – LAPD declared the assembly unlawful on both nights and arrested 182 individuals, including three members of the media. Read more...

Photo: Protesters gathered at Echo Park Lake on Wednesday and Thursday in solidarity with the homeless population displaced to transitional housing by the city, clashing with the LAPD present on the scene. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)

Los Angeles, News

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March 22, 12:46 pm

Hundreds gather at candlelight vigil to mourn, protest following Atlanta shooting

Hundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil in San Gabriel Valley to mourn the Atlanta shooting victims and protest against Asian hate. On March 16, eight people were shot and killed at three different massage parlors in Atlanta. Read more...

Photo: People lit candles and brought flowers in remembrance of the eight victims who were killed in Atlanta last Tuesday. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)

California, Los Angeles, News

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March 12, 8:50 pm

Three candidates contend for District 54 Assembly seat, including UCLA staff member

A UCLA staff member is planning to run for a California State Assembly seat that includes the Westwood area. Isaac Bryan, the director of public policy at the UCLA Ralph J. Read more...

Photo: Isaac Bryan, director of the UCLA Black Policy Project and director of public policy at the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, has launched his bid for the 54th District State Assembly seat. (Courtesy of Mike Dennis)

California, Los Angeles, News

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March 12, 2:20 pm

LA County to reopen indoor dining, gyms on Monday after moving into red tier

This post was updated March 12 at 3:12 p.m. to reflect new information from the LACDPH.  Los Angeles County will loosen restrictions on indoor dining and other indoor businesses starting Monday after California met a vaccine distribution threshold, state health officials announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: Los Angeles County will move into the red tier of the state’s reopening guidelines starting Sunday after being in the purple tier since August. The county will begin implementing the loosened restrictions Monday. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)

California, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health, Westwood

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March 12, 1:49 pm

Recovering from COVID-19 looks different for many students who had the disease

Some UCLA students said they experienced fatigue and struggled with a lack of motivation while isolating and recovering from COVID-19. Facing the symptoms and isolation of COVID-19 was a shocking experience for Terran Cole, a fourth-year biochemistry student who contracted the virus in January. Read more...

Photo: (Nathan Koketsu/Daily Bruin)

Crime, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Westwood

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March 12, 11:52 am

LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium as field jail was inappropriate, report finds

The LAPD was unprepared to handle mass arrests, and its use of the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium as a detention center during protests against racial inequality was inappropriate, a report released Thursday found. Read more...

Photo: A report released Thursday evaluating the LAPD’s handling of protests in 2020 found that the use of Jackie Robinson Stadium as a field jail was inappropriate. UCLA leases the stadium for its baseball team and allowed the LAPD to use the lot before it was turned into a field jail. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)

California, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health, Westwood

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March 10, 3:02 pm

Social media campaigns provide education about COVID-19 vaccines

Health care workers and public health advocates are using social media to encourage people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and combat misinformation about COVID-19. Anna Yap, a resident physician at UCLA, started an organization in December with a network of physicians after seeing people spreading COVID-19 misinformation online. Read more...

Photo: To tackle misinformation about the new COVID-19 vaccines, doctors and medical professionals are using social media and other platforms to spread accurate information. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


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