Friday, February 13

Academic Senate report finds UCLA generates $400 million annual budget deficit

UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual structural budget deficit, according to a Jan. 29 Academic Senate preliminary report. The report – created by the Academic Senate’s Council on Planning and Budget – said data provided by UCLA administrators showed that the university is projected to run a combined $829.7 million deficit across the 2025 and 2026 fiscal years if it has not taken and does not take any corrective action. Read more...

Photo: The Academic Senate Council on Planning and Budget’s 14-page report on UCLA’s budget is pictured. The council found that UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual deficit. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Car crashes into 99 Ranch Market, killing at least 3 people, injuring at least 6

This post was updated Feb. 5 at 11:36 p.m. A car crashed into the 99 Ranch Market on Westwood Boulevard on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least six.  Two blocks of Westwood Boulevard – from Wilkins Avenue to Wellworth Avenue – were completely blocked off as of 1:50 p.m., along with the intersecting block of Rochester Avenue. Read more...

Photo: Firefighters and police officers stand outside of 99 Ranch Market. A vehicle crashed into the grocery store Thursday, killing three people. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)


Compas at UCLA provides resources, supports California farm workers amid ICE raids

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 2:06 p.m. Odalis Rojas grew up in an agricultural community in Ventura County, where she saw her farm worker father, uncles and cousins face various health care barriers. Read more...

Photo: Jacob Thene, a third-year business economics and geography student; Sarai Ceceña, a fourth-year political science student; Alexandra Vazquez, a third-year biology student; and Odalis Rojas, a second-year nursing student, sit by Royce Hall. The students are part of Compas at UCLA, an organization dedicated to advocating for California’s farm worker communities. (Chenrui Zhang/Dailu Bruin)


John Wooden Center introduces fresh equipment, expanded space

The John Wooden Center expanded weightlifting zones and installed new equipment over winter break. The on-campus gym added about 100 new strength-training units – including plate-loaded and free-motion cable machines – in its renovations, said Daniel Jauregui, the gym’s manager. Read more...

Photo: A sign in the John Wooden Center’s advanced circuit zone is pictured. The on-campus gym added about 100 new strength-training units over winter break as part of the JWC Improvement Project. (Amanda Velasco/Daily Bruin senior staff)


LA County Sheriffs yet to ban license plate data sharing with federal agencies

Los Angeles County Sheriffs have not banned sharing license plate data with immigration enforcement agencies, despite a 2016 law prohibiting state police from sharing these images with the federal government. Read more...

Photo: A line of cars is parked along a street. The LA County Board of Supervisors requested in September that the LA County Sheriff’s Department ban license plate data sharing with federal agencies. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA professor discussed students, class with Jeffrey Epstein, DOJ documents show

This post was updated Feb. 7 at 11:14 p.m. Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. Read more...

Photo: Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology, holds a guitar. Tramo corresponded with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein via email between 2010 to 2019, including about Tramo’s UCLA class. (Daily Bruin file photo)