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.

Stefano Fendrich had only been editor in chief of the Daily Trojan for a few weeks when he received bad news.
The University of Southern California’s Student Life office told him the paper had a budget deficit of $80,000, print was being cut from daily to three days a week and his staff would no longer be paid, Fendrich said.

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 16 at 12:35 a.m.
Students said UCLA should fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education.
The United States Department of Education has withheld funding from Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Northwestern University, Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania since the beginning of the Trump administration.

Inmaculada García-Sánchez used to conduct research at a Los Angeles church, where the gates were open to all.
But the church now looks like a fortress, she said.

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.

This post was updated May 12 at 12:35 a.m.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday designating the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus as the National Center for Warrior Independence.