Release of report highlights allegations of fraud, extortion and other misconduct by orthodontics professors. A settlement allowed them to leave the university with no admission of guilt.

UCLA and Pepperdine, both located just outside the perimeter of the Palisades fire, have moved classes online this week.

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The UCLA campus in Westwood is not in an evacuation zone but right next to mandatory evacuation areas as well as evacuation warning zones. But many on- and off-campus students have already left.

the School of Law, the David Geffen School of Medicine, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the UCLA School of Nursing as well as an education school.

A GOP bill banning transgender girls from playing high school sports could cause conflicts around California even if it fails in the state Capitol.

Blue states are bracing for a battle with the Trump administration over their authority to limit tailpipe emissions, a showdown that will have major repercussions on the types of cars and trucks sold to American drivers.

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Zolt chair in tax law and policy at the UCLA School of Law. Adding Benefits to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Because of the tight margins in Congress, some lawmakers may have more negotiating power to add extra benefits to the TCJA. For example, one of the ...

Movements for climate justice and movements for reparations for colonial harms can reinforce each other. Haiti’s climate vulnerability speaks to these connections.

By Wendy Fry and Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters California’s southern border, long ‘ground zero’ in the fight between federal and local officials over immigration policy, is now at the center of renewed controversy over how far local leaders can go to protect people from deportation.