Flanked by the flags of the city, the state and the country, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took center stage at Royce Hall on Tuesday to deliver his last annual “State of the City” address.

Dolores Vera was heading home from Margarita Monday, explaining to her friends why she plans to vote for Eric Garcetti in Tuesday’s mayoral primary, when the city councilman came up to her on a street in Westwood and offered her a Diddy Riese cookie.

Hundreds of UCLA service and patient care workers gathered on and near campus on Thursday to protest proposed pay and pension changes that are currently under negotiation with the University of California.

Applications to the UCLA campus and the University of California system reached record highs this year, according to reports released Friday by the UC Office of the President.

Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his proposed state budget for the 2013-14 year Thursday – a budget that includes significant implications for the future of the University of California in the form of funding and policy change proposals.

The University of California has introduced a new systemwide logo in past months, sparking criticism more recently from students and alumni.

The nation’s highest court decided on Friday to take up two cases from lower courts regarding same-sex marriage.

President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term as president of the United States on Tuesday, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney in both the electoral and popular votes.

President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term as president of the United States on Tuesday, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney. 

Obama led Romney with 303 electoral votes to 203, as of 10:41 p.m. PST on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

California college students, on average, are graduating with less debt than students in most other states, according to a study released last week by the Institute for College Access & Success, an Oakland-based nonprofit organization that conducts research on higher education topics.