LOS ANGELES SECESSION AREAS Seven communities within the City of Los Angeles are considering secession. SOURCE: State of California Commission on Local Governance for the 21st Century Original graphic by HARSHA RAO/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Web adaptation by CHRISTINE TAN By David Drucker Daily Bruin Reporter Welcome to Los Angeles. Read more...

June June 30 Gov. Gray Davis signs next year’s $99.4 billion budget, increasing the UC’s budget by 17.9 percent. July July The English department changes many of its four-unit classes to five units, citing higher workload. Read more...

By Timothy Kudo Daily Bruin Senior Staff Stretching across Los Angeles from the sparkling blue of the Pacific Ocean to the not so sparkling blue of the L.A. Read more...

    Mauricio Medrano, one of the owners of Campus Cuts, trims Rick Williams‘ hair. Campus Cuts is a full-service salon located on the A-level of Ackerman. Read more...

    The Fox Theater in Westwood is currently under renovation. By Linh Tat Daily Bruin Senior Staff From a once-budding college town to one trying to revitalize itself, after 70 years Westwood Village continues to endure growing pains. Read more...

  KEITH ENRIQUEZ/Daily Bruin Senior Staff The UCLA Medical Center has lost money in recent years. By Hemesh Patel Daily Bruin Contributor After losing nearly $50 million over the last two years, the UCLA Medical Center is continuing to make cuts at a potential risk to the quality of patient care. Read more...

BALLOT MEASURES Besides Proposition 36, seven other initiatives have qualified for the November ballot in California. Other measures may be added later. SOURCE: California Voter Foundation Original graphic by ADAM BROWN/Daily Bruin Web adaptation by CHRISTINE TAN By Michael Weiner Daily Bruin Senior Staff A measure on the November ballot is asking Californians to approve a significant change in state substance abuse policy, by mandating treatment and probation rather than incarceration for many drug offenders. Read more...