The United Food and Commercial Workers Union decided on Friday to remove picketers from staging protests in front of Southern California Ralphs stores ““ including the location in Westwood ““ and redeploy them at Vons and Albertsons supermarkets instead. Read more...

Students dreading additional fee increases can rest easy as the Associated Students of UCLA decided to drop its proposal to raise the student union fee while it reevaluates its plan to revitalize Ackerman Union. Read more...

It happened just over a week ago, at the Puzzles eatery on the Hill. Andy Green, a second-year math and economics student, and Adam Greenwald, a second-year history student, were waiting for a friend to buy food. Read more...

Many universities around the country have groups of students from different backgrounds who meet regularly to talk about issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ways to resolve it. Read more...

Fires came within one mile of the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center this past week ““ but that was as far as they came. Despite fears that the center would be lost, it is still standing. Read more...

Submission too narrow In their submission “Affirmative Action aims to fight disadvantaged” (Oct. 30), Karen Salazar and Eric Lopez have insulted thousands of students across the UC system with their talk of “white privilege” and the exclusion of “people of color.” They have blatantly failed to even recognize the very existence of Asian Americans in society ““ implying that Asians such as myself do not even deserve consideration when discussing an issue dealing with race and ethnicity. Read more...

California’s tragic wildfires are finally dying down, thanks to better weather and the tireless efforts of the state’s firefighters. And with the full devastation of the fires finally becoming clear, some are calling for Gov.-elect Schwarzenegger to reconsider his plan to cut the state car tax ““ because it is the car tax that helps, in part, to keep the state’s police and firefighters funded. Read more...