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Even a brush with childhood trauma impacts education | HealthDay News
“This study reinforces what pediatricians have long known: that kids exposed to adversity often show up in the clinic and the classroom with complex challenges,” lead researcher Dr. Rebecca Tsevat, a pediatrician and general internist at UCLA Health, said in a news release.
Are Latinos in Fresno County less likely to be entrepreneurs? | Fresno Bee
There’s no denying the influence of Latino small business owners in Fresno but, according to a recent UCLA study, Latinos in the county are less likely to be entrepreneurs compared to Latinos across California. Misael Galdámez, a senior research analyst at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute who oversaw the study, said the lower rates of entrepreneurship among Latinos in Fresno County are potentially tied to educational attainment and poverty levels.
Mass deportations could cost California's economy $275 billion | KTLA
A report co-authored by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research affiliate Maria-Elena de Trinidad Young was the focus of a story about how the state's economy could be affected by mass deportations. (The report was also covered in the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsweek and by several broadcast outlets across California, including CBS News Bay Area and ABC7 News.)
The latest in the Israel-Iran conflict | KNBC-TV
“From the Iranian perspective, the entire Islamic regime is based on three pillars. One is resistance to the West. One is exporting the revolution. The third pillar is the destruction of Israel,” said UCLA’s Benjamin Radd.
Undocumented immigrants trade freedom for safety | Los Angeles Times
“It’s a harmful form of racial profiling combined with the suspension of constitutional rights and due process. That’s why many families are staying at home,” said Victor Narro, a professor and project director for the UCLA Labor Center.
Here’s how to make sense of federal spending and debt | Los Angeles Times
(Commentary by UCLA’s Ivo Welch) I’m a finance professor at UCLA, so let’s talk finance. Which numbers are more meaningful to you? Having $50 to $100 cash in your pocket (rough average for an American) or knowing the total U.S. currency in circulation is $2.4 trillion?
Republicans present new way to scrap fuel economy rules | New York Times
“This is really a windfall to G.M. and Stellantis as far as I can tell,” said Ann Carlson, a professor of environmental law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and former chief counsel of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Trump’s big bill could have small economic impact, experts warn | The Hill
One 2024 study out of UCLA, the Federal Reserve and the JCT found that investment improved slightly in 2018 and then jumped way up in 2019 as a result of the 2017 tax cuts. While the net investment rate declined for pass-through S-corporations, it improved markedly for C-corporations.
What happens to complaints against federal agents? | LAist
California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban most law enforcement officers from covering their faces while working. But even if they could be identified, it’s nearly impossible to sue individual federal agents, according to UCLA Law Professor Joanna Schwartz, an expert on police misconduct litigation.
Judge orders monitor in homelessness suit | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
“While a court monitor is not given decision-making authority, a monitor can keep both the judge and the public informed about the facts,” said Gary Blasi, a UCLA professor of law emeritus who specializes in homelessness and public policy. “A monitor can help reduce the amount of confusion and misunderstanding about what is actually being accomplished, and at what cost.”
Are weighted vests worth the hype? | New York Times
While wearing a weighted vest could theoretically strengthen bones by putting more force on them, the research on weighted vests and bone health is “not as clear as yet as we would like,” said Dr. Sharon Hame, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
