California
May 31, 2026 10:35 p.m.
The California State Capitol is pictured. Sixty-one candidates are running to be California’s next governor. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
Sixty-one candidates are running to be California’s next governor.
Only two will advance to the November general election after Tuesday’s primary election – regardless of political party affiliation.
By Josephine Murphy and Delilah Brumer
A Closer Look
May 30, 2026 11:21 a.m.UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television plans to reverse a controversial proposed change to its undergraduate narrative directing program, professors said Wednesday.
Administrators from the School of Theater, Film and Television initially announced in a May 7 email that students taking Undergraduate Film Production – a required course for students in the narrative directing concentration – would collectively only be allowed to make a maximum of eight films.
By Dylan Winward
News
May 29, 2026 2:58 p.m.Ocean preservationists dive in to the effects of DDT dumping at Hammer Museum event
Researchers across academic disciplines should work together to address the negative impacts of human interactions with and educate people about marine ecosystems, ocean preservation activists said at a May 21 event.
By Donya Hassanshahi
Campus
May 28, 2026 9:08 p.m.GSA condemns conversion of Weyburn Terrace to undergraduate housing
The Graduate Students Association criticized UCLA Housing’s decision to convert Weyburn Terrace into undergraduate housing, alleging a lack of input from graduate students.
UCLA Housing is converting Weyburn Terrace into undergraduate housing over the next three years, it announced in a Jan.
By Dylan Choppin
California
May 28, 2026 1:25 p.m.A look into the candidates running for California’s 36th congressional district
This post was updated May 31 at 8:33 p.m.
Democratic incumbent Ted Lieu and six challengers are running for California’s 36th congressional district, which encompasses UCLA and parts of West Los Angeles.
By Lilly Leonhardt
California
May 27, 2026 10:58 p.m.LA ballot measures could increase taxes on billionaires, hotels, sales
This post was updated May 31 at 8:36 p.m.
Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot.
The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies.
By Josephine Murphy and Gemma Gentin
California
May 27, 2026 5:37 p.m.California Senate passes UC-sponsored bill proposing $12B research bond
This post was updated May 28 at 12:03 a.m.
The California Senate voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would put a $12 billion bond for scientific research on the November 2026 ballot.
By Delilah Brumer
Higher Education
May 27, 2026 2:37 p.m.Hundreds of UC faculty call to reinstate SAT, ACT requirements for STEM applicants
This post was updated May 28 at 12:04 p.m.
More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework.
The faculty signed on to a letter asking the UC Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President and Academic Senate leadership to require undergraduate STEM applicants to submit an SAT or ACT math score, beginning with the 2027-28 admissions cycle.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
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