Democrats John Erickson and Brian Goldsmith will proceed to the November general election for California State Senate District 24, which encompasses UCLA’s campus and surrounding communities.

Speakers called on graduating students to stay resilient amid political division and academic challenges during the annual College of Letters and Science commencement ceremony Friday.
UCLA hosted the ceremonies at 11 a.m., 3 p.m.

Catherine Wunderly, a front desk supervisor for Hedrick Court, was asleep when she received six 1 a.m. emergency calls in early November.
The next morning, the second-year neuroscience student said she had learned a flood had impacted Hedrick Hall – a dorm building in Hedrick Court – displacing 32 students from 11 dorm rooms.

This post was updated June 11 at 3:24 p.m.
A UC-wide faculty board will reconsider its stance on requiring standardized testing for first-year admissions, the group announced Thursday.

UCPD is investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Gayley Avenue on Thursday at 2:15 a.m.
A man with a firearm entered a fraternity house and took three people’s jewelry, according to a Clery Timely Warning alert.

This post was updated June 10 at 9:50 p.m.
The UCLA School of Dentistry will adopt a new billing structure that aims to allow federal aid to cover student veterans’ dental kit fees next fall, following allegations that the university had obstructed students’ ability to access benefits.

Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will compete to be California’s next governor in November, the Associated Press announced Tuesday. 
Becerra, a former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Hilton, a political commentator, earned 27.9% and 24.9% of the vote, respectively.