This post was updated July 12 at 10:37 p.m.
The FIFA World Cup has always been as much a spectacle of sound as of sport.
That spectacle echoed through Los Angeles when nearly 50,000 fans flooded into Union Station for the Los Angeles World Cup 26 Fan Zone from June 25-28.

Donna Wu molds her passions into a budding art business.
Wu launched her brand Critter Trinkets in October 2025 and sells clay art pieces, ranging from pins and magnets to hair clips, keychains and more.

This post was updated July 5 at 9:39 p.m.
There is Pride even amid prejudice.
Christopher Street West held its 56th annual Los Angeles Pride Parade in Hollywood on June 14.

Emma Hintz was tired of endlessly searching for ethical fashion, so she built the shortcut she wished already existed.
Hintz, a fourth-year sociology student, launched Foster, a curated online marketplace featuring 13 small, sustainable, women-owned fashion businesses, May 4.

TEDx is far from extinct at UCLA.
After a two-year hiatus, the revived organization, which organizes speaker series, hosted a May 26 event at the Northwest Campus Auditorium.

Ryan Bucu knows how to make it pop.
The fourth-year sociology student made history as the second male member of the UCLA Dance Team at the start of his junior year.

Summer’s slow afternoons and eternal sunshine offer readers the perfect opportunity to crack open a new book.
Whether through time travel, long-buried secrets or love brought back to life, this summer’s book releases are looking back to move forward.