The Santa Ana Zoo has a new giant anteater, and for $5,000, you can be the lucky human to name her, reports the OC Register. The baby, born two weeks ago, has largely been chilling on her mother's back since her birth, as baby anteaters are wont to do, and snuggling up to her mom to take naps. more ›

For the first time in its 16-year history, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will not be at UCLA. It's going to be at rival school USC. The annual event for the bookish, writerly, and book-curious will be held April 30-May 1 2011 on USC's University Park campus. more ›

Compiled annually and published online since 2003, the Academic Ranking of World Universities is thought to be one of the foremost lists of its kind. (Read about their methodology.) They have released their 2010 rankings, and Los Angeles' own UCLA earned a respectable Number 13 slot. more ›

You most certainly don't have to be a Bruin to mourn the loss of UCLA basketball coaching legend John Wooden, who died yesterday at age 99, but for many Bruins, the loss is powerful. more ›

Mascot wars are on in full force. "UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton says the statue in Bruin Square was splashed with red and gold paint sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning," according to the Star-News. The painters had to "cut through a protective tarp to vandalize the statue," which sits in the middle of UCLA's Westwood campus. Campus police are investigating the case, and authorities "say the prank is being treated as a felony vandalism investigation," reports LA Now. Across town USC students are standing guard of their Tommy Trojan statue, which is also wrapped up for protection. The rival schools face off on the football field on Saturday. more ›