UCLA awarded Justin Combs, son of hip hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs who's reportedly worth nearly a half billion dollars, a full athletic scholarship to play football for the Bruins this fall. more ›

Former UCLA basketball star Reeves Nelson is suing a Sports Illustrated reporter for writing an article that depicted him as an out-of-control bully who once got revenge on a roommate by peeing on his bed. Now Reeves has hired an attorney to sue the reporter for defamation. more ›

The two-day JazzReggae music festival at UCLA's intramural field returns for the 26th year this weekend to entertain those of us not hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend. As always, Sunday May 27 is Jam Day and Monday is billed as Reggae Day. more ›

As evidenced by the rise of the rock star chef, the proliferation of food paparazzi, and the overwhelming amount of food blogs on the interwebs, foodie-ism has reached critical mass. Yet there's a disconnect between the hyper-educated culinary elite and the general populus, and our nation's food system is in a dire state. more ›

Los Angeles preservationists filed a lawsuit against UCLA last week in a battle to save the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air. more ›

Last week, Cal Poly kids were getting punched for their cell phones, and now, UCLA students are being robbed as they roam the streets surrounding their school in Westwood. According to the Daily Bruin, a total of seven robberies have been reported in the area since the beginning of April. more ›

A professor at UCLA has been admonished for including on his syllabus a link to a website that advocates for a boycott of Israel. On the class syllabus Shorter included a link to a group advocating for a boycott of Israel that included a petition with his own signature (screenshots here and here). more ›

UCLA astronomers and colleagues at Caltech and UC Santa Cruz have built a new scientific instrument, referred to as a "time machine," that allows the human eye to peer through interstellar dust to the beginnings of our universe. more ›

Congratulations! You've been accepted to the highly competitive University of California, Los Angeles! Go call all your friends and family and tell them the good news. Then call the other universities on your "applied" list and tell them to shred your application letters. Finally, throw a massive party to celebrate your academic victory. Done? Oh wait, we were just kidding. You're on the waiting list. Sorry. more ›

The cancellation of Sunday's open house at the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden proves that protest packs a powerful punch. UCLA owns the garden and the adjoining Carter family home and plans to sell the entire Bel Air property, citing money as the main motivator. more ›

A tranquil retreat into the Japanese gardens of Kyoto exists right here in Los Angeles, but for some reason, this cultural landmark in Bel Air is closed to the public. That reason is money. UCLA -- the current owner -- announced plans to sell the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in November 2011, citing rising maintenance costs, deferred maintenance and a lack of visitors due to limited parking as motivators. more ›

ameron Hajialiakbar serves as the founder and president of UCLA's chapter of Coaching Corps, and today he will be honored among 10 other "Champions of Change" at the White House. Every week Champions of Change, those "doing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world," are invited to the White House "to share their ideas to win the future." more ›

Today is World Water Day. The United Nations created this day in 1993 to shine a bright spotlight on the global safe water and sanitation issue as well as collective efforts to help those in need. If you're not practicing water conservation already, perhaps turn those sprinklers off today and remember that water need not continuously run while brushing teeth and washing dishes. more ›

Running low on water but trying to avoid buying plastic water bottles? A UCLA-developed, LADWP-approved app called "WeTap" promises to help Angelenos find the nearest water fountain. more ›

This Valentine's weekend, remember it isn't the size of the short that counts, but how it puts its frames to use. For feature length lovers, there's Cinefamily's Seven Days of Valentines and many more. See you (making out) at the movies! more ›

University police say that a UCLA student was sexually assaulted near a residence hall on campus early this morning. A male suspect called out to a female student climbing what are called the Saxon Steps before he sexually assaulted her. more ›

Heather Locklear's family reportedly wants her to go rehab but for right now she's telling them no, no, no. more ›

The UCLA football team is down three players, as was announced by new coach Jim Mora on Monday. Mora dismissed two players today, while a third failed to meet the school's academic standards and is no longer a UCLA student. more ›

Conservative author and political commenter Tony Blankley, heard locally on KCRW's "Left, Right, and Center," representing the right, has died. Blankley was 63, and had stomach cancer. more ›

Every once in a while someone decides to use the Kiss Cam to pop the Big Question, and sometimes that turns out to be the most humiliating public display of all. more ›

A UCLA chemistry professor and the University of California are facing criminal charges in connection with a laboratory fire that killed a worker Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji three years ago. Sangji, 23, was burned so severely by the laboratory fire that she died 18 days later. more ›

The chants of University of California (UC) students disrupted the UC Board of Regents teleconference meeting today at UCLA and other UC campuses, forcing board members to relocate to different meeting rooms. About 60 students from several campuses gathered in UCLA's Bruin Plaza to listen to the broadcasted teleconference and, of course, to protest. more ›

UCLA announced today that they have fired their head football coach, Rick Neuheisel -- or, in PR parlance, Neuheisel has been "relieved of his duties." The firing comes on the heels of UCLA's brutal 50-0 loss to USC over the weekend. more ›

Over 40 UCLA faculty members have signed a letter addressed to Chancellor Gene Block that pens concern about restraint of free speech. The letter criticizes Friday's arrests of 14 Occupy UCLA protestors and says the administration lacked valid reasoning for the measures taken to dismantle the protest. more ›

On the heels of National Bank Transfer Day, UCLA students joined forces with Occupy L.A. - and the rest of the statewide anti-big bank movement - on Wednesday to protest cuts to higher education and public services. The Refund California Coalition organized the L.A. march, which took place in the downtown financial district at 4:30pm. Over 100 UCLA students remained on their turf to protest. more ›

UCLA students and supporters took to the streets today to protest cuts to the budget that have led to an increase in fees, reports the AP. About 200 people participated, closing down parts of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards. more ›

The party came to an abrupt halt on Saturday afternoon for UCLA's Theta Chi fraternity. Glen Parrish, an 18-year-old Manhattan Beach resident, was found dead at the frat house. Friends discovered Parrish's body in bed. He was pronounced dead at 2:10pm. The teen was not a student at UCLA. He attended Arizona State University and was visiting a Theta Chi member. more ›

UCLA is now warning 16,000 patients that a burglar made off with their personal medical records two months ago, according to the Associated Press. When the doctor's home was burglarized, the thief swiped the hard drive with the medical records — and the scrap of paper right next to it with the password. Whoops. more ›