The UCLA Fit for Health Program adopted a new approach to treating childhood obesity: considering the physical, emotional and social aspects of the disease.
Dr. Wendelin Slusser, a UCLA Health physician who specializes in clinical care, medical training and obesity research, founded the clinic about 15 years ago.

Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025.
The Trump administration withheld more than $184 million in grants from AmeriCorps, which provides funding to a variety of community service programs – mainly focusing on education, public health and environmental stewardship – last spring.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have arrested more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since June, according to the U.S.

A woman was arrested on UCLA’s campus Tuesday in relation to the death of her young child.
She was originally detained around 12 p.m. after approaching UCPD officers near Murphy Hall, said Jeffrey Chobanian, the captain of UCPD’s operations bureau.

Parts of Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood will close this week because of construction on a new Los Angeles Metro station.
The westbound side of Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard will be blocked from 11 p.m.

UCLA’s 10-acre lease with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which includes Jackie Robinson Stadium, was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit on Tuesday.

Some law enforcement protocols for handling mental health crises are not effective in supporting people at risk, according to UCLA experts and a fall evaluation of LAPD from the city controller.