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Immigrants are hiding, leaving a hole in the fabric of L.A. | CalMatters
(Commentary by UCLA’s Jim Newton) In immigrant-rich Westlake in Los Angeles, stores were empty Friday morning. The computer repair place was closed. Gates were down in front of a check-cashing operation. One of the area health clinics, where residents often line up for medical care, was open but without takers.
How extreme heat can impact infrastructure | Axios
“We have all this infrastructure that is meant to make us comfortable in the urban area,” said Edith de Guzman, a water equity and adaptation policy specialist at the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation. “But not only is that infrastructure exacerbating the heat, the heat is actually deteriorating that infrastructure.”
Richest 1% increased wealth by $33.9 trillion since 2015 | Washington Post
Eric Zolt, a professor of law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an expert on taxation, said in an email that “despite the apparent appeal of using wealth taxes to reduce inequality, over the last 20 years the trend is against the increased use of wealth taxes.”
Homeless-related arrests, citations have soared in these cities | CalMatters
But just because someone has ditched their tent doesn’t mean they are off the street. “Most people are just sleeping on cardboard or on the street and moving every night,” said Chris Herring, a UCLA professor of sociology who researches homelessness in San Francisco and beyond.
U.S. approves $30m for controversial Gaza aid group | Al Jazeera
Kate Mackintosh, executive director of the UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe, told Al Jazeera that [Gaza Humanitarian Foundation] workers could bear criminal liability for the killings of aid seekers near the group’s distribution points. “It’s very unclear why these people are being targeted and killed, but I think it’s pretty clear that these are unarmed civilians who are desperately trying to get food for their families,” she said.
5 things experts wish you knew about fireworks | Los Angeles Times
“The things I’ve seen the most are loss of a finger or a hand, or severe damage to the eye,” said Dr. Jeremy Swisher, a sports medicine doctor in the orthopedics department at UCLA. “Burns are the most common.”
Is California losing the entertainment industry? | Washington Post
“The industry is on a cliff edge, clinging by its fingernails,” said George Huang, a screenwriter, director and film professor at UCLA. “It feels like one more blow, even just a tiny feather on our shoulder, is going to send us careening down to our rocky deaths.”
Could treating hearing loss help delay dementia in seniors? | Health
Hearing loss could cause someone to spend less time with others or spend less time moving or exercising, which could fuel mental health issues, Dr. David Reuben, [the Archstone Professor of Geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and director of the UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology], told Health.
Hold the cream, sugar — black coffee is good for your heart | Healthline
Dr. Zhaoping Li, professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, said this study adds to prior research on coffee’s health benefits. Li wasn’t involved in the study. “What the study found is consistent with what we know,” she told Healthline.
