An eight-year era is ending. Richard Atkinson, the 17th president of the University of California and one of the most powerful figures in public education, is retiring today into a bright but overshadowed legacy. Read more...

Two events will be held today in an attempt to rally students against Proposition 54 in a “No on Prop. 54 Day of Action” coordinated by student and community leaders. Read more...

Starting Monday, the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center will start charging clinic fees for services that were previously free to students without the university’s Student Health Insurance Plan. Read more...

Housed within the brick walls of a small and inconspicuous Italian restaurant are Emma and Archie Zeinani, the two owners of Angelino’s Cafe in Westwood. The couple owns and runs the Kinross Avenue restaurant, one of a few family-run businesses remaining in Westwood. Read more...

University of California President Richard Atkinson officially retires today, ending an eight-year stint at the helm of the nation’s most prestigious public university system. Atkinson cedes his post to current UC San Diego Chancellor Robert Dynes, appointed in June 2003 by the UC Regents to be the system’s 18th president. Read more...

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There was an old couple who lived in a shoe ““ or boot HELLAM, Pa. ““ Along a two-lane country road, the scenery offers up the architecturally impossible, or so it would seem ““ a 25-foot-tall beige stucco replica of a man’s work boot worthy of Paul Bunyan. Read more...