Tuesday rang in the Year of the Horse.
The first few days of the Lunar New Year bustle with traditional Chinese festivities. Wrapped in classic red outfits symbolizing good fortune and vitality, children stretch out their eager hands to collect long-awaited red packets from loved ones.

Fresh start. Fresh faces. Fresh blood.
And the Bruins have the opportunity to slice more emotional wounds into their opponents this weekend.
After rolling past UC Irvine with a 7-0 shutout victory in its season opener last Saturday, No.

November is diabetes awareness month.
One in every 10 adults in Los Angeles County has Type 2 diabetes, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Bitterness is one of two major flavors served on the postseason menu.
But the Bruins will look to satisfy their sweet tooth with sweet revenge and a Sweet Sixteen bid.

No. 18 UCLA women’s soccer (10-4-2, 6-2-2 Big Ten) will wrap up its homestand in the regular season finale against crosstown rival USC (7-6-2, 4-5-1) on Sunday afternoon at Wallis Annenberg Stadium.

The year is 1980.
UCLA’s softball program, helmed by now-Hall of Famers head coach Sharron Backus and assistant coach Sue Enquist, is just in its sixth year of existence.

No. 2 seed UCLA softball is headed to West Lafayette, Indiana, for the Big Ten tournament semifinals. UCLA will begin play Friday morning against No. 3 seed Nebraska.

This post was updated May 6 at 8:30 p.m.
The gray clouds that hung above Easton Stadium on Sunday seemingly foretold the Bruins’ gloomy fate in their regular season finale.

This post was updated April 29 at 10:45 p.m.
The Bruins brandished the brooms this weekend.
Even still, the sweep was far from clean.
With an undefeated three-game series win over Michigan (32-18, 9-10 Big Ten) at Carol Hutchins Stadium, No.

Opening weeks often start sluggishly.
But Bruin softball has burst into the season with fire.
In its first game following a two-game sweep of then-No. 22 Ohio State, No.