California

Expanding customer access to energy data can bring cleaner, more efficient power to Californians, save money and boost emerging clean technologies, according to a new report by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative, a partnership between UCLA and UC Berkeley schools of law.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block writes in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that President Obama’s proposal to make two years of community college free is a bold step to equalize opportunity for all.

Climate model simulations of the 21st century show little change in total precipitation, but more rain instead of snow, posing flooding risk and shortening chance to capture water.

Teachers in high-poverty schools are more likely than their peers in low-poverty schools to report instructional time that's lost due to poor access to libraries, technology and qualified substitute teachers, a new study by the UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education and Access found.

A service of UCLA's California Health Interview Survey, AskCHIS Neighborhood Edition allows users to quickly find health disparities within specific cities or legislative districts.

UCLA linguist Pamela Munro writes about the nearly forgotten language of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indians and her efforts to revive it for descendants of Southern California’s Tongva people.

The UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program hope to increase the diversity of faculty by attracting high-caliber researchers and providing them with the professional development training and opportunities to help them compete for highly selective tenure-track positions.

Research by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that a pent-up demand for health care will decline significantly after the first year of enrollment.

UCLA atmospheric scientists were instrumental in the creation of the Santa Ana Wildfire Threat Index, which will help classify the fire threat potential of the Santa Ana winds.

Francisco J. López-Flores grew up living in the shadows to keep his identity as a Mexican national hidden. But under President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, he has a work permit, a Social Security card and a future.

Despite interest from public health researchers and new understanding of statewide policies, little had been known about how access to marijuana through dispensaries influences use on a city-by-city basis.

Two UCLA engineering professors say that it's crucial for engineers to understand the hazards that threaten our levees to ensure that California's fresh water delivery system remains protected in the future.

Efforts to hit Gov. Brown’s water reduction target could have unintended, and potentially harmful, consequences for the health of Californians and their communities.

To speed up the opening of new transportation projects, California should streamline its environmental review and approval process, writes law professor Ethan Elkind.

Parks Forward — a state-appointed blue-ribbon commission with deep talent, knowledge and connections — issued detailed draft recommendations last week for sweeping changes to ensure the long-term sustainability of California's State Parks.

The outlook is based on the recent Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast Commercial Real Estate Survey, which analyzes the three-year outlook for real estate development activity in California.

UCLA linguist Pamela Munro started a Facebook page to revive and promote the Tongva language, once spoken by Southern California's Gabrielino-Tongva Indians. Through social media, their descendants are now learning words, phrases and songs in Tongva.

Professor Yoram Cohen suggests that water reclamation, water recycling and reuse could become very important for health and conservation in the future.

Ivo Welch is a professor of finance and economics at the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. His op-ed ran June 6 in the Los Angeles Times.

Despite the fact that early Japanese immigrants to California faced discrimination on multiple levels, one group that arrived in northern California showed little bitterness, according to a little-known documentary that recently resurfaced after 30 years.

A state commission's report says a non-profit parks support organization is needed to help the state agency modernize its technology and restructure.

Analysis finds home prices are rising at an unsustainable rate and that many mortgages would not perform well under economic stress.

It’s still early to evaluate all the impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Los Angeles and its immigrants, but public perception of and conversation about the law are driving huge changes in Southern California and throughout the country.

The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA has released a new report examining the profound demographic transformation of the Southern California region.

In its first quarterly report of 2014, the Forecast asserts that the weather that ravaged much of the country caused slower-than-expected national growth. However, the economy should rebound in the spring.