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Man fleeing Home Depot ICE raid killed on L.A. freeway | Los Angeles Times
“It just breaks my heart, because it’s just so inhumane,” said Robert Chao Romero, a UCLA professor of Chicano studies and Monrovia resident. “These horrible, unjust ICE policies led to someone dying.”
Solar panels that fit on balconies or decks gain ground | Associated Press
During the early days of plug-in solar’s growth, some opposition from utilities is likely since customers are buying less energy, said Robert Cudd, a research analyst at the California Center for Sustainable Communities at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Utilities really prefer everyone being a predictable and generous consumer of the electricity they sell,” Cudd said.
Mpox seems like a past worry. It is still a threat | National Public Radio
“Your case counts are kind of like shadows on a wall — they're not telling you that very precise picture,” explains Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and an mpox researcher. She says there are many reasons for this, including stigma associated with a sexually transmitted disease and a large portion of affected individuals living in remote areas where there’s limited surveillance and diagnostic capacity. The result is that many mpox patients are likely not getting medical care and not getting recorded in the data.
Finding stillness in the world’s biggest city | New York Times
Hitoshi Abe, a Japanese architect and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, explained that Japanese design excels at creating spaces that evoke tranquility. “A little garden the size of a tatami mat can feel like a miniature of nature,” he said. “Japanese design creates small environments that connect you to something larger: A bonsai mimics a full tree. A tearoom with one flower and the sound of boiling water can recall the feeling of being deep in nature.”
Trump and Putin prepare for Alaska summit | KCAL-TV
“It’s a former Russian territory that was sold to the United States for around 7 million dollars back in 1867. And it does have a remnant of Russian-speaking residents still living there,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd.
