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CalOSHA Slams LASD: Mobile Firing Range Explosion Caused by Negligence

May 29, 2024 11:44 amMay 29, 2024 11:44 am

In a not at all surprising move, the state’s occupational health and safety administration (CalOSHA) has stated that the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was negligent in the death of one deputy and the injury of another caused by failing to...

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Shut Down the CA 101 Freeway, Protest Around LA City Hall

May 28, 2024 1:02 pmMay 28, 2024 1:02 pm

A large number of Pro-Palestinian protestors blocked the 101 freeway and later marched to the Los Angeles City Hall during a protest event that lasted around one and a half hours on Monday, greatly frustrating travelers in the area on...

UCLA Strike – You May Need Therapy

May 28, 2024 2:55 amMay 28, 2024 2:56 am

It has not been a good few weeks for UCLA. While the students at their crosstown sister school – California State University, Los Angeles – have kept on working, taking classes, getting degrees – you know, college stuff – a...

Last Unapproved Segment Of California’s High-Speed Rail up for Environmental Approval In June

May 24, 2024 1:54 pmMay 24, 2024 1:54 pm

The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced Friday that the last segment of the Los Angeles to San Francisco phase one of the rail system that hasn’t received environmental clearance is up for a final environmental impact decision next month. Originally...

What Blockheads: UCLA Leader, Other College Leaders Flail in Congress

May 24, 2024 7:43 amMay 24, 2024 7:43 am

In politics, as in life, sometimes you don’t have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the other guy. Luckily for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, the other guy – Northwestern University President Michael Schill...

It’s UCLA’s Turn in the Hot Seat: Chancellor to Appear before Congress Thursday AM

May 22, 2024 3:15 pmMay 22, 2024 3:15 pm

The past couple of months have been a rather trying time for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. And it won’t get any better Thursday. Block has been called to testify by the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...

California Lutheran University President Resigns

May 21, 2024 6:00 pmMay 21, 2024 6:01 pm

The controversial president of California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks has resigned. Then-president Lori Varlotta was on the wrong side of a faculty “no confidence” vote only a few months ago – prior to that she had been seen as...