This post was updated May 20 at 11:07 p.m.
Both of California’s United States Senators condemned the Trump administration’s revocations of student visas in a Tuesday letter to U.S.

UCLA researchers and policy experts expressed concerns about the qualifications of new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.
Since his appointment, Zeldin has overseen the rollback of 31 environmental regulations and has attempted to revise the EPA’s 2009 findings that greenhouse gases endanger public health, according to an EPA press release.

When Sara Graves wakes up every morning, she hopes the federal grants supporting her climate change research have not been cut.
Graves – a doctoral student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences – works as a researcher at the UCLA Center for Climate Science, where she focuses on water conservation efforts, along with other climate-related research.

This post was updated May 18 at 10:03 p.m.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May 14 revision of the state budget reduced proposed funding cuts to the UC.

College students said the California Community Colleges system has allowed them to pursue higher education at an affordable cost.
As the largest system of higher education in the country, CCC collectively serves 2.1 million students.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced April 4 that he will seek trade negotiations with foreign leaders to spare California from retaliatory tariffs.
Newsom said he wanted to seek negotiations in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which could trigger retaliatory tariffs with severe economic consequences.

CalFresh, a federally funded food assistance program, is a largely untapped resource for California college students, a recent UCLA study found.
Researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California State University, Fullerton, published a report measuring the impact CalFresh has had on food-insecure students at schools across California.