News
Oct. 18, 2026 7:38 p.m.
26 Pho Cafe’s Westwood storefront is pictured. The Vietnamese-inspired restaurant will hold soft opening events during October before its grand opening planned for November. (Joice Ngo/Assistant Photo editor)
26 Pho Cafe, a Vietnamese restaurant, opened in Westwood on Oct. 4.
Located on Glendon Avenue, 26 Pho Cafe offers Vietnamese-inspired dishes including pho, bánh mì and vermicelli noodles, as well as drinks such as Vietnamese coffee with ube and black sesame cream and Thai milk tea.
By Presley Liu
California
Oct. 18, 2026 6:11 p.m.A UCLA-affiliated research institute plans to revolutionize the liver transplant process by using a $19.8 million grant to create functional organs from cells.
The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation will work with researchers from UCLA, Cornell University, Pennsylvania State University and other institutions on a project called “Prometheus,” which received the grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, a federal research agency.
By Emilio Lois
California
Oct. 17, 2026 9:15 p.m.California public college students now automatically meet some CalFresh requirements
All public undergraduate college students in California now automatically pass the first barrier to applying to CalFresh, giving more than 200,000 additional students access to the food assistance program.
By Barnett Salle-Widelock
Academics
Oct. 16, 2026 8:40 p.m.USAC Recap – Oct. 13
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a letter calling for changes to how UCLA responds to sexual violence at its Oct. 13 meeting.
USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA.
By Ammar Rashid, Josh Lane, and Nicholas Mouchawar
Homelessness
Oct. 16, 2026 12:54 a.m.Olympics security measures could displace people experiencing homelessness, report says
Security measures for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games could displace nearly 6,000 people experiencing homelessness, according to a joint UCLA and University of Southern California report released Wednesday.
By Julia Divers
Campus
Oct. 15, 2026 9:10 p.m.UCLA students ask for transparency, accountability in new Student Conduct Code
This post was updated Oct. 15 at 9:57 p.m.
Some students are calling for changes to UCLA’s new Student Conduct Code.
Interim changes to the Student Conduct Code went into effect Jan.
By Josh Lane
A Closer Look
Oct. 15, 2026 9:09 p.m.ClassSwap platform hopes to solve enrollment woes, help students graduate on time
This post was updated Oct. 15 at 9:45 p.m.
A new platform is aiming to help UCLA students swap enrollment stress for smoother schedules.
Joseph Borna, a fifth-year history student, created ClassSwap over the summer to connect students looking to exchange classes and allow users to share course recommendations and feedback.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
California
Oct. 15, 2026 8:41 p.m.Annual UCLA survey responses cover public health issues, including housing, heat
This post was updated Oct. 16 at 8:19 p.m.
A growing number of Californians are experiencing extreme heat and other climate-related events, according to UCLA’s annual California Health Interview Survey released Thursday.
By Rune Long
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