Transfer students applying to University of California campuses for fall 2016 will have an extra month to submit their applications, the University announced Wednesday.
The new deadline for transfer applications is Jan.

Fidel Castro’s daughter told tales about the Cuban revolution and shared her parents’ love story with more than 100 UCLA community members Wednesday evening.
Alina Fernández Revuelta, 59, was the keynote speaker for a leadership conference in Carnesale Commons on Wednesday night.

J. Daniel Johnson stands at the entrance to Room 1201 in Campbell Hall and greets almost every passerby with a warm smile, handshake and a “How you doing, brother?” or, for the ladies, “How are you, sweetheart?”

But inside, Johnson, 68, feels a little nervous, as he always does whenever he is inside Room 1201.

Roshan Sharma was eating lunch outside Murphy Hall near the bus depot on Hilgard Avenue in 1949 when he saw a woman named Raj wearing a Punjabi outfit.

Sahar Ghorany started community college at a fifth-grade English reading level. At the time, she was a part-time student, a full-time mom and a soon-to-be cancer patient.

Police are searching for a man who robbed a woman early Tuesday morning on Westwood Boulevard and threatened that he had a handgun, officials said.
At about 5:15 a.m.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised hospitals Wednesday to continue using Olympus Corp. of Americas duodenoscopes, even though they were linked to the recent superbug outbreak at UCLA and are not currently FDA-approved for sale.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning Thursday that the design of a widely used medical scope may prevent it from being effectively sterilized and lead to the transmission of bacteria between patients.

An administrator of the popular UCLA Facebook group “Free & For Sale” recently sued the group’s former administrators for $27,000 in compensatory damages and emotional distress damages and $10,000 in punitive damages.

The University of California has increased enrollment of international and out-of-state students in recent years to boost revenue, but state officials are advocating for the University to cap nonresident enrollment and prioritize in-state students in its admissions processes.