The UCLA Library will cancel over 1,400 academic journals and database subscriptions this coming year as it faces budget cuts and serial price inflation. Associate University Librarian Cynthia Shelton said the cancellations ““ the first of their kind in over five years ““ are expected to save $450,000 at a time when the budget outlook for coming years is unpromising. Read more...

Suddenly California ““ the “Left Coast,” that bastion of liberal politics ““ is held hostage by a few right-wing activists who can’t accept election results. After the right combination of millions of dollars, professional signature gatherers and a fiscal disaster managed to mobilize the small portion of voters necessary to demand a recall, Lt. Read more...

In the early 10th century, a Spanish bishop and 200 monks made a pilgrimage to a small monastic church in the holy town of Santiago de Compostela, where the body of the Apostle St. Read more...

Less than a year after being voted into office, Gov. Gray Davis has begun campaigning for election again ““ this time to save his job. With a date for the recall election to replace the governor set for Oct. Read more...

As UCLA students and visitors strolled down Bruin Walk last week, some were greeted by “Dawson’s Creek” star Katie Holmes, but their gaping was quickly interrupted by security guards forcing them around a temporary movie set. Read more...