About 12,000 employees joined a union representing UC academic student employees, postdoctoral students and academic researchers May 19, making it the largest union in the UC.

Democratic incumbent Ted Lieu and six challengers are running for California’s 36th congressional district, which encompasses UCLA and parts of West Los Angeles.
Voters will choose the top two candidates for District 36 during the June 2 California primary election.

This post was updated April 28 at 7:34 p.m.
It was natural to find aspiring journalist and UCLA student Parker Hupf snapping photographs of the crowd from a freeway overpass during a June 2025 anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest.

Latinos make up approximately 40% of California’s population but continue to face inequities in wages, health care and education, according to a report from UCLA researchers.

This post was updated March 8 at 10:00 p.m.
California advocates are trying to put a tax on billionaires on the November ballot.
Leaders from Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West and St.

The Trump administration asked the UC in August 2025 to implement anti-transgender policies at UCLA to regain its suspended federal research funding. The University did not accept them.

This post was updated April 5 at 7:40 p.m.
It’s everyone for themselves.
A furious game of concentration and contingency plans that is crafted over weeks.

This post was updated Feb. 22 at 6:56 p.m.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services has changed the childhood vaccine schedule. That does not mean that you should change yours.

UCLA economists predicted that investments in artificial intelligence may propel the United States’ GDP in the first quarter of 2026, while the labor market will weaken.

This post was updated Nov. 4 at 10:11 p.m.
Millions of Americans may experience delays in food stamp benefits this November.
The government shutdown has led to a steady decrease in provisions from government services.