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Opinion
July 13, 2026 4:14 p.m.
Smoke billowing over a street is pictured. UCLA students should inform themselves about Boyle Heights’ history and the environmental consequences of the fire, writes Sara Green. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Black smoke billowed. The stench of rotting food permeated the neighborhood.
This is not a scene from a science fiction novel. It is the reality of the seven-day Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, which began June 17.
By Sara Green
Editorials
July 12, 2026 1:54 p.m.Last August, the Daily Bruin Editorial Board called on UCLA to comply with the California Public Records Act, a law that gives citizens access to state and local government records.
By Editorial Board
Opinion
June 30, 2026 11:34 a.m.Opinion: UCLA’s finance alumni network values genuine relationships, not transactions
At a finance career fair, desperation is easy to spot.
Finance has long been an industry in which connections often determine your professional opportunities. UCLA students are usually at an advantage here: They have a vast, engaged network of alumni who want to help fellow Bruins because that identity still means something to them.
By Laura Truong
Opinion
June 29, 2026 2:17 p.m.Op-ed: UCLA should prioritize reducing car dependency over expanding parking
This post was updated July 6 at 12:04 a.m.
Contrary to the beliefs of the students and faculty interviewed in Avital Abramov’s June 7 piece, “Students, faculty frustrated with high parking costs, limited permit access,” UCLA should not increase parking availability or decrease parking fees.
By Ethan Bull
Opinion
June 27, 2026 12:09 p.m.Op-ed: Protecting older adults from financial scams starts with the younger generations
Last spring, my grandma sent me an innocuous text: “Dang weather! It’s too stormy to drive, but I need to pick up some Target gift cards to pay my DirecTV bill.”
Unbeknownst to her, the DIRECTV representative she had spoken to was a scammer who convinced her she could pay her bill with gift cards.
By Kaliya Mah
Opinion
June 21, 2026 1:58 p.m.Editorial: UCLA’s communication failures erode trust, underscore need for transparency
This post was updated July 12 at 7:27 p.m.
A journalist sends an email to a UCLA administrator.
The administrator then forwards it to the university’s strategic communications team.
By Editorial Board
Opinion
June 8, 2026 1:20 a.m.Journalistic integrity is the backbone of our democracy -30-
In professor Abigail Goldman’s “Media, Ethics, and Digital Age: Case-Study Approach” class, students go over various cases biweekly to discuss how a newspaper should deal with different aspects of news development.
By Rida Zar
Opinion
June 8, 2026 1:18 a.m.Rory Gilmore brought me to The Bruin, but what I learned made me stay -30-
I like to tell people that I’ve based my entire college experience on Pitch Perfect, just replacing acapella with Ultimate Frisbee.
While I’m (mostly) joking when I say this, what is definitely true is that I applied to the Daily Bruin because of Gilmore Girls.
By Millie Walker
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