Friday, February 13

LA Fires Research Conference fosters discussion on fire survivors’ experiences

More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...

Photo: A professor in the department of environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is pictured speaking at the event. The conference centered on the experiences of fire survivors from the January 2025 Los Angeles county fires. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Students gather for vigil honoring people killed by federal agents

This post was updated Feb. 2 at 12:15 a.m. More than 200 people gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.  The event – organized in part by the Afrikan Student Union, Bruin Democrats and members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council – was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Candles and flowers cover a patch of grass in Dickson Court South. UCLA community members gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the current deportation campaign. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Jordan Chiles’ Olympic bronze medal appeal must proceed, Swiss court rules

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 9:04 p.m. Switzerland’s highest court said Thursday that the Court of Arbitration for Sport must reconsider Jordan Chiles’ appeal to reclaim her Olympic bronze medal, citing new audiovisual evidence. Read more...

Photo: Senior Jordan Chiles shrugs her shoulders during her floor routine. Chiles notched a perfect 10 on the event at Sunday’s meet. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Q&A: North Westwood Neighborhood Council Secretary talks local goals

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:21 p.m. Sailasya Munamarty was appointed as the secretary of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in October after being appointed as an at-large board member on the council in August. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace, where the North Westwood Neighborhood Council holds meetings, is pictured. A Daily Bruin writer sat down with the NWWNC secretary to discuss her work and plans for the council. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA pinkLab advances public health advocacy, community partnership opportunities

Ma’ayan Epstein noticed disparities in patient care when working in the field as a psychiatry clinical research coordinator. She said she found that patients from lower-income areas – not privately insured – were less likely to receive treatment and prognosis from health care professionals. Read more...

Photo: Members of the pinkLab is pictured with Venice Family Clinic as part of the Mobile Clinic Project service-learning course. (Courtesy of Sarah Blenner)



Over 1,000 demonstrators join on-campus walkout to protest ICE crackdowns

This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:26 p.m. More than 1,000 people marched across campus Wednesday afternoon to protest the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. Read more...

Photo: Speakers lead chants against immigration enforcement activity in Bruin Plaza. More than 1,000 people marched across campus Wednesday afternoon to protest the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)



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