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Fear of ICE raids is making heat intolerable | Los Angeles Times

Fear induced by ongoing ICE raids has led some California workers to not show up, forcing those who do to work harder under worsening heat conditions. These rising temperatures — largely due to climate change — have serious effects on the health of workers and their families, said Arturo Vargas Bustamante, a UCLA professor of health policy and management. Exposure to extreme heat can trigger or exacerbate a raft of health issues such as cramps, strokes and cardiovascular and kidney disease, as well as mental health issues.

Court blocks redistricting ruling | The Associated Press

More than 90% of Section 2 cases have been brought through private enforcement, UCLA law professor Richard Hasen wrote on the Election Law blog.

Social media and bad TV suck up our time | USA Today

(Commentary co-written by UCLA’s Alicea Lieberman) We all do it, and then hate ourselves for it. We’re at home considering whether to enjoy a bit of yoga, go for a morning walk or even engage with family members. Instead, we find ourselves rooted to the sofa, scrolling through a depressing stream of news stories or flicking through photos of distant acquaintances on Instagram.

Many Californians lack safe tap water | Associated Press

Convincing people to drink from the tap is not easy, but experts have some recommendations based on their research findings. That includes government funding to improve plumbing in people’s homes and investing in community-trusted groups to implement water testing programs and educational campaigns, said Silvia R. González, co-director of research at the UCLA Latino Politics and Policy Institute, who led a study in 2023 exploring drinking water distrust in Latino communities.

What triggers hot flashes | Yahoo Health

“For most women, hot flashes last about three to five years, but for others, they can persist for a decade or more,” says Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl, a neurologist for the Comprehensive Menopause Care Program at the University of California, Los Angeles.

‘Arsenic life’ microbe study retracted | Scientific American

Leonid Kruglyak of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles ... also agrees with Science’s retraction. It is now appropriate based on the new standards for retracting papers with seriously flawed conclusions such as the GFAJ-1 study, he says. “I don’t think this is really a dispute, except on the part of the authors themselves.”

Astronomers discover new dwarf planet ‘Ammonite’ | Live Science

Other astronomers also believe Ammonite throws a wrench in this hypothesis. “The trouble is the evidence from the alignment has never been scientifically convincing and hasn’t really grown stronger, even over the last 10 years or so,” David Jewitt, a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in Ammonite’s discovery, told Live Science.