With a sense of grim necessity, the University of California Board of Regents voted July 17 to raise student fees by 25 percent to help mitigate state cuts of at least $360 million to the university’s budget. Read more...

Jaime Gutierrez recently broke his ankle. Because he is uninsured, he had to drive 40 miles to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. But he said after waiting for 10 hours, he left without seeing a doctor. Read more...

SANTA MONICA “”mdash; Hundreds of mourners stood quietly at the intersection of Third Street and Arizona Avenue on Saturday, braving the noonday sun to attend a ceremony commemorating 10 victims killed by a car that drove through the farmers’ market there July 16. Read more...

Special Graduations The University of California Board of Regents rejected a proposal from Regent Ward Connerly on July 16 that would have suspended university funding to special graduation ceremonies, despite Connerly’s efforts to remove the proposal from a vote. Read more...

The first results of a UCLA study released last week show that California taxpayers are saving more money than expected due to Proposition 36, which gives first- and second-time drug offenders the option of rehabilitation with probation instead of jail time. Read more...

With the first phase of construction of the 294-space Dykstra Hall parking structure now visible, students residing on the Hill are comforted by the prospect of increased parking in the near future. Read more...