The University of California announced Thursday it will receive $13.25 million in a settlement with Citigroup Inc. and its former investment banking subsidiary, the result of a lawsuit stemming from fraudulent actions carried out by the telecommunications company WorldCom. Read more...

Westwood had a big, palpable hole in it on Thursday. It was the first Thursday in years that the Westwood Farmers’ Market, which traditionally made its appearance on Weyburn Avenue, was absent from the Village after the fire department revoked its street use permit, citing safety dangers posed by a nearby construction project. Read more...

As part of “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction” conference to be held at UCLA this weekend, several exonerated individuals who have collectively spent more than 356 years combined in prison are scheduled to tell their stories Saturday in front of an audience of students, political leaders, legal experts and other advocates for abolishing capital punishment, The conference, hosted by the UCLA School of Law, plans to examine the causes and consequences of wrongful conviction and discuss the application of the death penalty in California. Read more...

Changes to the Election Code were finalized by student council Tuesday, though adoption of the Hare system of proportional voting failed to pass because of logistical concerns regarding MyUCLA. Read more...

After receiving reports from various Jewish groups that anti-Semitic and anti-Israel sentiments are rampant on college campuses, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted this week to recommend that the Department of Education take steps to protect Jewish students. Read more...

As the Westwood Farmers’ Market looks to relocate after its closure last week, some Village business owners said they want the market to change before it returns to Westwood. Read more...

In an effort to work around lawsuits that are tying up $3 billion in state funding for stem cell research, six private organizations have agreed to loan a California stem cell agency $14 million until the institute can receive state funding. Read more...