As the economy bounces back, many economists and urban planners warn that business expansion in Los Angeles and Orange Counties is being dampened by traffic congestion, pollution and housing prices. Read more...

Fish reaches senior-citizen age SAN FRANCISCO “”mdash; Rome may be the Eternal City, but San Francisco could be home to an eternal fish. On Tuesday, aquarium officials at the Steinhart Aquarium honored an Australian lungfish, Methuselah, who arrived at the aquarium in 1938 as a fully grown adult. Read more...

Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted its first Elimidance philanthropy Tuesday night, which raised $2,500 for the fraternity’s chosen national charity, the Children’s Miracle Network. The event, which was located at El Dorado Cantina in Brentwood, allowed representatives from 10 UCLA sororities to compete against one another in dance competitions. Read more...

First days can be tough. Robert Dynes, attending his first University of California Board of Regents meeting as UC president, sat down with reporters during his afternoon break to discuss the poor budget the university will likely face this year. Read more...

For opponents of Ward Connerly, one year isn’t soon enough. Connerly, whose term on the University of California Board of Regents ends in January 2005, weathered a day of student protests geared in part toward getting him thrown off the university’s governing body ““ efforts he says he will ignore. Read more...

Salina Soto is upset that the need for security is being questioned for a 3 Tha Hard Way party at Atlas Supper Club on Saturday. “In no way, shape or form am I or should anyone else be afraid to attend,” said Soto, a first-year political science and African American studies student. Read more...

Wednesday night the UCLA Student Workers Front held a forum to educate students regarding the SB60 bill. The bill, commonly referred to as the driver’s license bill, was signed over the summer by former Gov. Read more...