Drivers may have been relieved with the new traffic signal that was added to the crosswalk at Charles E. Young Drive and De Neve Plaza at the end of March, but pedestrians are singing a different tune. Read more...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has cleared sophomore running back Tyler Ebell from serving as a witness in the trial of three Carson High School students who allegedly raped a female student in De Neve Plaza fall quarter. Read more...

Animal rights protesters vandalized the home of two UCLA researchers last week, according to a police report filed by the victims. On-campus demonstrations that coincided with World Week for Animals in Laboratories were followed by protests in some researchers’ neighborhoods Monday. Read more...

They say the first step toward changing attitudes is self-acceptance. My name is James, and I am Korean American. That is my heritage but not nearly all of who I am. Read more...

Government should protect citizens, ensure health care Robert Johnston, in his letter to the editor, (“Pacifists rejected, not “˜silenced,'” April 22) turns logic on its head. Read more...

Hate crimes differ from other crimes because they aim to intimidate and separate minority groups. For this reason, communities should react to hate crimes in a way that ensures relations between people in the crime’s aftermath are strengthened, not hurt. Read more...