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Heat waves faster than climate change | Los Angeles Times
As sizzling temperatures sweep across Southern California this week, UCLA researchers have released a new finding that the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming. Researchers found that heat waves are not only getting hotter, but also becoming longer at a rate that will accelerate as the planet continues to warm. “Each fraction of a degree of warming will have more impact than the last,” said UCLA climate scientist David Neelin, who helped lead the study.
Most arrested in raids have no criminal record | Associated Press
“There’s a deep disconnect between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, co-faculty director of the UCLA Law School’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy.
Is walking 10,000 steps a legit fitness goal? | Los Angeles Times
Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, interim chief of cardiology at UCLA, said step counts are a practical, easy-to-understand way to communicate physical activity guidelines with patients. He often recommends 10,000 steps and doesn’t view the number as random.
Art show brings climate inequities to life | Los Angeles Times
This weekend, Descanso Gardens will unveil a meticulously curated art exhibition titled “Roots of Cool: A Celebration of Trees and Shade in a Warming World.” Co-curated by Edith de Guzman, cooperative extension climate researcher at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, and artist Jolly de Guzman — a husband-and-wife duo — the exhibition highlights all-women artists who provoke visitors to contemplate the pressing issue of shade equity, the unequal access to cooling shade across urban neighborhoods, and what a tree and shade filled future can look like for L.A. (Edith de Guzman was quoted.)
Reparations bill could skirt ban | Los Angeles Times
AB 7’s focus on lineage, said Taifha Alexander, a professor at UCLA and expert in critical race theory, could face legal trouble if a judge believed it used lineage as a proxy for race. It could be ruled unconstitutionally discriminatory under the 14th Amendment.
Changes to CalFresh to hit Latinos hardest | LAist
No other state has more CalFresh recipients than California, and the forthcoming overhaul is set to “have really important consequences for the state,” according to UCLA researcher Arturo Vargas Bustamante. This week, he and co-authors released a study exploring who uses the program, breaking the data down into the most up-to-date demographic picture.
UCLA vs. UC Berkeley: Which one is best? | Los Angeles Times
It wasn’t long before an influx of celebratory boasts spread on social media saluting the oldest UC campus. UCLA said not so fast. “Still #1” went up on UCLA’s TikTok account, citing another U.S. News national ranking of public universities that came out nine months ago, putting the Bruins in the top spot among public campuses in the nation.
Homeless prevention participants success: Study | Phys.org
A new report from the California Policy Lab at UCLA shows promising early results from Los Angeles County’s Homelessness Prevention Unit (HPU). The report found that people in the HPU program were 71% less likely to enter a homeless shelter or have contact with street outreach teams within 18 months, compared to similar high-risk people who didn’t enroll. (UCLA’s Janey Rountree was quoted.)
A strange time to be trans | The Atlantic
UCLA’s Williams Institute estimated in 2022 that 1.6 million Americans 13 or older identified as trans: 14 per 1,000 kids ages 13 to 17 and 13 per 1,000 for young adults ages 18 to 24, compared with about five in 1,000 for adults 25 to 64.
Micronesian canoe has maiden voyage on the Foyle | BBC News
Twenty-two years ago, then a student, she said she “had an amazing and inspirational teacher, Prof Anne Gilliland, who is an OG Derry girl.” Raised at Brook Hall, Prof Gilliland now teaches at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), specializing in the displacement of cultures. (Gilliland was quoted.)”
