The flooding from the broken levees has torn away at the city’s buildings. The mud that has enveloped the ruined homes and the street pavements are signs that the impact of Hurricane Katrina has not yet physically disappeared ““ one year later. Read more...

Responding to problems that have caused three California organ transplant programs to close in the past year, California lawmakers stressed the need for better regulation of organ transplant programs at a hearing Tuesday. Read more...

After months of debate in the California state legislature, a bill that would have forced the University of California to hold all executive compensation meetings in open session is dead for the year. Read more...

There was something beautifully alien about the Arctic landscape. Professor Laurence Smith looked beneath his plane as it flew over the broken Alaskan tundra. There were no trees, but rather a vast white sheet broken into geometric patterns and shapes, resembling hexagonal tiles. Read more...

UCLA ranks high on several lists of top universities In the past month, various news publications have released their rankings of the top universities in the nation, consistently naming UCLA as one of these schools. Read more...

Nonprofit work never seemed so rewarding. An investigative piece published by the San Diego Union-Tribune on Sunday chronicles the shady business tactics of a couple of men who have made a small fortune off the tax breaks in the “third sector of business.” If the story proves anything, it is that there are questions regarding this country’s policies for taking care of the mentally ill that have yet to be answered in any city, including Los Angeles. Read more...