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Sept. 2, 2026 8:48 p.m.
Family-owned Westwood business Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers closes after nearly 80 years
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Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers’ 75th anniversary celebration is pictured. The jeweler, which is one of Westwood Village’s oldest businesses, shuttered Saturday. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers, one of the oldest family-owned businesses in Westwood, closed Saturday.
Sarah “Sunny” Friedman and Leonard “Lenny” Friedman opened the store, located at 1055 Westwood Blvd., in 1946 under the name Crescent Jewelers.

By Caitlin Brockenbrow

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Sept. 2, 2026 3:47 p.m.
Billy Gene Mills, the first Black graduate of the UCLA School of Law, dies at 96

Billy Gene Mills, the first Black graduate of the UCLA School of Law, died June 27. He was 96.
Mills earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 1951 and graduated from the School of Law in 1954.

By Nataly Rezk

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Aug. 31, 2026 7:18 p.m.

UC-backed $7.5 billion research bond moves closer to 2028 ballot

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 9:20 p.m.
The California State Assembly passed a UC-backed multibillion-dollar bond measure Monday that, if approved by voters, would fund scientific research throughout the state. 
Senate Bill 895 – or the California Science and Health Research Bond Act – would create the California Foundation for Science and Health Research, which would award $7.5 billion in grants and loans to private and public research institutions, including the UC.

By Alexis Muchnik

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