Tuesday, October 27

Metro Expo extension opens, connects downtown LA to Santa Monica

The Metro Expo Line extension opens Friday, allowing passengers to take the public rail to Santa Monica for the first time since the 1950s. The 15-mile line connects downtown to Santa Monica with a 45-minute ride. Read more...

Photo: The Expo Line’s second phase opened Friday, connecting downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. The line is now about 15 miles long and takes about 45 minutes to go from end to end.


Student aims high with medical marijuana delivery business

Medical marijuana was the only drug that improved Christian Kramme’s stomach pain after spending two years in and out of hospitals. Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, believed he had pancreatic cancer when he began experiencing severe stomach pain and a lack of appetite in 2012. Read more...

Photo: Christian Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, began a medical marijuana delivery service in December. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)


Apartment Managers

Apartment managers need to handle a lot on a daily basis – whether it be answering frequent maintenance calls, shutting down parties when they get out of hand, or just trying to keep a building full of residents happy. Read more...

Photo: Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin


Westwood BID recap – May 19

The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...


USAC recap – May 17

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government that represents the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...


UCLA names University of Michigan professor as dentistry school dean

UCLA officials appointed a new dean for the UCLA School of Dentistry on Tuesday. Paul Krebsbach, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, will succeed Dr. Read more...

Photo: Paul Krebsbach, a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, was appointed as the eighth dean of the UCLA dentistry school Tuesday. (University of Michigan)


Officials consider proposal to name intersection after David Geffen

Westwood community leaders expressed mixed reactions about UCLA’s proposal to rename a Westwood Village intersection after David Geffen. The Westwood Neighborhood Council, an advisory board for Westwood to the Los Angeles City Council, and the Westwood Community Council, which meets several times a year to discuss Westwood issues, both discussed the proposition to install the sign at their most recent meetings this month. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s proposal to rename a Westwood Village intersection after David Geffen creates confusion among Westwood community leaders. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)