Academics
Feb. 20, 2026 11:20 a.m.
The Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Many classes offered for the gerontology minor are housed here. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
When third-year data theory student Madeleine Curran declared UCLA’s gerontology minor, advisors warned her that the required classes were rarely available.
After nearly two years in the program, Curran said the advisors were right.
By Alyssa Wong
Campus
Feb. 18, 2026 11:12 p.m.The Los Angeles County Superior Court issued a warrant Feb. 9 for a former teacher at the UCLA Krieger Early Care and Education Center after he failed to appear in court while attempting to appeal a child sexual abuse conviction.
By Maggie Konecky
Los Angeles
Feb. 11, 2026 4:34 p.m.VA keeps Jackie Robinson Stadium lease, terminates 3 other West LA agreements
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:38 p.m.
UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium can remain on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ West Los Angeles campus but three other institutions must go, the VA announced Monday.
By Alexis Muchnik
A Closer Look
Feb. 8, 2026 8:30 a.m.Statistics and data science symposium hosts early-career scientists
Researchers celebrated the role of numerical data in scientific research at a Jan. 26 event at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center.
The Lange Symposium on Computational Statics and Biomedical Data Science – hosted by the UCLA Department of Computational Medicine and Human Genetics – invited six speakers from across the country to discuss their research.
By Donya Hassanshahi
California
Feb. 7, 2026 10:43 p.m.Luskin School holds panel on civil and immigrant rights, prosecuting ICE agents
This post was updated Feb. 8 at 10:01 p.m.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said California will prosecute federal immigration enforcement officers who violate residents’ constitutional rights at a Thursday UCLA event.
By Josephine Murphy and Gemma Gentin
Fire
Feb. 5, 2026 2:21 p.m.Car crashes into 99 Ranch Market, killing at least 3 people, injuring at least 6
This post was updated Feb. 5 at 11:36 p.m.
A car crashed into the 99 Ranch Market on Westwood Boulevard on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least six.
Two blocks of Westwood Boulevard – from Wilkins Avenue to Wellworth Avenue – were completely blocked off as of 1:50 p.m., along with the intersecting block of Rochester Avenue.
By Maggie Konecky and Zimo Li
California
Feb. 3, 2026 11:07 p.m.LA County Sheriffs yet to ban license plate data sharing with federal agencies
Los Angeles County Sheriffs have not banned sharing license plate data with immigration enforcement agencies, despite a 2016 law prohibiting state police from sharing these images with the federal government.
By Phoebe Huss
Los Angeles
Feb. 2, 2026 7:48 p.m.Epstein files reveal emails between alumnus Casey Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 11:01 p.m.
UCLA donor and alumnus Casey Wasserman exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in the early 2000s, according to the latest release of the Epstein files.
By Josephine Murphy
Los Angeles
Jan. 31, 2026 8:18 p.m.Students, community members participate in Westwood homeless count
Community members documented the number of people experiencing homelessness in Westwood as part of a larger Los Angeles wide count Jan. 22.
Both first-time volunteers and returners – including UCLA students and faculty – participated in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, an annual three-day count of the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities.
By Avital Abramov
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