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Seeing more wildlife in your yard? Climate change may explain why | LAist
A recent study from UCLA found that larger predators like mountain lions and bears are more likely to interact with humans and travel closer to population centers in drier years. To determine this, the researchers analyzed state data collected on reported property damage, nuisances, conflicts and sightings. “It kind of runs the full gamut of how people interact with wildlife around their neighborhoods and their homes,” said UCLA postdoctoral researcher Kendall Calhoun, the lead author on the study. (Also: ENN.)
Climate change imperils toxic sites across Chesapeake Bay | Bay Journal
More than 600 sites along the coast from Virginia to New York are expected to be at risk of flooding during a 100-year storm by the end of the century, assuming greenhouse gas emissions continue growing unchecked, according to a new study … “This analysis makes it clear that these projected dangers are falling disproportionately on poorer communities and communities that have faced discrimination and therefore often lack the resources to prepare for, retreat or recover from exposure to toxic floodwaters,” said Lara Cushing, the paper’s lead author and an associate professor at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health.
Eva Longoria on representation in Hollywood | Los Angeles Times “De Los”
According to UCLA’s 2025 Hollywood Diversity Report, 1% of Latino performers were leading roles in top theatrical films, while 4.3% of Latino directors and 2.1% of Latino writers were involved in last year’s top films. The report, released in February, found that the proportion of people of color working in entertainment roles dropped in every area from 2023 to 2024 when compared with their white counterparts.
In Texas case, it’s politics v. race at the Supreme Court | Los Angeles Times
Voting rights advocates saw a violation. “They said their aim was to get rid of the coalition districts. And to do so, they had to draw new districts along racial lines,” said Chad Dunn, a Texas attorney and legal director of UCLA’s Voting Rights Project.
The ‘human’ advantage of AI in classrooms | The New York Times Magazine
Maryanne Wolf, a cognitive neuroscientist at UCLA who studies reading and writing, helped me make this case to students. She told me I could say to them, “Let me show you what you are short-circuiting if you don’t expend the effort in giving enough time to thinking and really focusing and immersing yourself in the material.”
CDC peddling misinformation on vaccines | KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play”
“I think it is incontrovertible at this point for so many studies to have been conducted, and many definitive studies, actually, with large sample sizes, large study populations across multiple sites. Multiple countries have done these studies. I always say that when Sweden does a study, it will be definitive, because they have amazing indexed databases,” said UCLA’s Dr. Alice Kuo (approx. 1:05 mark).
Fabled mid-century Stahl house on sale for first time | The Guardian
“I think the enduring impact of Shulman’s photo is due to the way it conveys an idea about living in Los Angeles, an ambivalence about being both in the city and removed from it,” said Kevin Daly, founder of Kevin Daly Architects and an adjunct professor in the [UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture].
