A Russian journalist spoke about her reporting on Russian President Vladimir Putin and how she thinks he is similar to the current U.S. president Wednesday night. Read more...
Photo: Russian journalist Masha Gessen spoke at UCLA on Wednesday night about the similarities she sees between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Activists and experts shared their opinions about gun control and how students can protect themselves against gun violence on campus at an event Wednesday evening. Four speakers discussed their ideas for and against gun control at a panel called “Guns and Our Community.” The Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president’s office held the event at the Kerckhoff Grand Salon to commemorate the campus shooting which occurred about one year ago. Read more...
Photo: The USAC external vice president’s office wants to pressure the university to take more concrete measures, such as educating students about self-protection, to prevent gun violence on campus. (Andrew Arifin/Daily Bruin)
Los Angeles does not have any plans to rollback water conservation policies following recent rainfall. During the drought, the city of Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti introduced new regulations to conserve water, including limiting water usage for landscaping and irrigation, and adopting more water-efficient plumbing in homes. Read more...
Photo: Sandy Brown, president of the Holmby Westwood Property Owners Association, said she thinks homeowners in Westwood will continue to conserve more water. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)
President Donald Trump’s election spurred Nicole Corona Diaz, an undocumented student, to become more involved in political activism. “When Trump was elected, we didn’t know what was going to happen, whether we were going to get deported or whether (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) would still be around,” Corona said. Read more...
Photo: Gustavo Gonzales-Ramos and Nicole Corona Diaz, who are running in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election with the Defend Affirmative Action Party slate, aim to advocate for issues affecting underrepresented minorities on campus. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
This post was updated April 20 at 10:10 a.m. University police arrested a man Wednesday night outside Rendezvous, a UCLA residential restaurant, near Rieber Terrace. Six police officers responded at about 10:28 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Police officers chased a man outside of Rendezvous Wednesday night. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
The University of California’s payroll system upgrade will be delayed once again, which will cost the university millions of dollars more than originally planned. The UC Payroll, Academic Personnel, Timekeeping & Human Resources project seeks to replace campuses’ outdated and decentralized systems with one processing center. Read more...
Robert Salonga, a crime news reporter, compares himself to the Grim Reaper. “People literally will see me and get bummed out because I’m only around if something bad has happened,” he said. Read more...
Photo: Robert Salonga (third from right) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff from the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group celebrate after being awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for coverage of the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland, California. (Courtesy of D. Ross Cameron)
