Students are willing to battle the traffic to Koreatown in order to get their Korean barbecue fix, but the area has more to offer than all-you-can-eat meat.

Shoppers may no longer have the option of either paper or plastic, if on Wednesday the Los Angeles City Council votes in favor of an ordinance banning both types of bags.

California high school graduates are less likely to enroll in the state’s four-year universities, an effect of increased applicant pools and decreased funding to the colleges in recent years, according to survey data released last week.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will visit UCLA tonight to speak about the evolving role of major cities for an annual lecture put on by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the political science department.

As the Westwood Farmers Market came to a close on Thursday, a produce vendor handed a man she had never met before a brown grocery bag full of bok choy and other vegetables, free of charge.

Akansha Arora took summer school and enrolled in four courses last quarter in an effort to graduate early and save money.

June 20, 2011 – The UCLA Fund raises money through donations from alumni, parents, students and friends of UCLA. Beside online and snail mail donations, a large chunk of money is raised through direct phone calls made by the UCLA Student Call Center. The Call Center also raises money for the university’s different professional schools. It is closing out its year next week. It surpassed its fundraising goal and is looking to finish with close to $2.4 million. [2:22]