This post was updated Sept. 22 at 9:22 p.m.
Seven current and former UCLA employees alleged in at least 22 separate whistleblower and retaliatory reports that the university’s head of strategic communications fostered a toxic work environment and mismanaged department funds, according to court documents. 
Mary Osako, UCLA’s vice chancellor for strategic communications since 2019, filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents on Aug.

This post was updated July 26 at 8:30 p.m.
Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed podcaster Scott Galloway to the UC Board of Regents on Wednesday.
Galloway – who hosts The Prof G Pod, a tech-focused podcast with up to 100,000 monthly listeners – must receive confirmation from the state Senate before serving on the 26-member board.

UCPD is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Gayley Avenue on Thursday at 2:15 a.m.
A man with a firearm entered a fraternity house and took three people’s jewelry, according to a Clery Timely Warning alert.

First-year bioengineering student Cadence Esterling routinely used worksheets on Bruin Learn to study for her lower-division calculus class – which she has a midterm for Wednesday.

This post was updated April 28 at 11:41 p.m.
UCLA’s Early Care and Education centers reversed a decision to discontinue meals, diapers and formula for children, administrators announced to parents Sunday.

UCLA’s Early Care and Education centers will raise tuition, pause hiring for vacant positions and stop providing food for children in response to university-wide budget cuts, its executive director announced to families Thursday.

This post was updated April 11 at 1:35 p.m.
Samantha Calvillo, a therapist and crisis counselor at UCLA’s Rape Treatment Center, is used to 2 a.m. wake up calls.

This post was updated March 31 at 11:10 p.m.
UCLA campus attorneys advised staff to remove website language that appeared to target students from specific identity groups in response to the Trump administration’s anti-diversity directives, a former UCLA equity advisor said.

This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m.
UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader.

This post was updated March 1 at 10:03 p.m.
About 70 people attended a walkout Friday to protest heightened immigration enforcement activity in the United States and to show support for migrant workers.