Noren Popat, a fourth-year sociology student, has been without a personal computer since early June, when an accident short-circuited her laptop and made it unusable.

The main conference room at the James E. West Alumni Center was full on Thursday as representatives from government, education and business discussed practices and polici es concerning the compensation of faculty and senior staff, as well as transparency, within the University of California.

The Mann Festival Theater, located at 10887 Lindbrook Drive, closed recently following a long history in Westwood Village.

David Marino never planned to start a business.