Los Angeles

Meb Keflezighi is the fastest qualifier for the 2016 Olympic Marathon Trials on Feb. 13.

Karen Hunter Quartz writes in an op-ed that those pushing free-market-style competition in LAUSD must not forget that our public education system is obligated to provide good schools for all.

Mark Gold writes that we’re going to lose tens of billions of gallons of water to runoff because Los Angeles’ infrastructure is not designed to capture and store rainfall.

Exhibition illustrates ways in which immigrants maintain homeland traditions in the United States and express their ethnic and cultural identities.

“Revision” allows anyone to aggregate data from various public and private sources to create a complete picture of neighborhood change.

UCLA Extension writing instructor Nathan Deuel writes about how exploring the in-between spaces of Los Angeles enhances one’s powers of observations and appreciation of the city.

A Ph.D. student at UCLA has created a startup with a friend that offers a geolocation-based app to assist instructors with taking class attendance while helping students keep up with deadlines. But there’s a twist.

College-going rates have soared in the area around the UCLA Community School, which opened in L.A.'s Koreatown in 2009.

The plan is a key step in UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, which aims to move the county to 100 percent renewable energy, 100 percent local water and enhanced ecosystem health by 2050.

Architecture professor Dana Cuff writes that high-density housing near mass transit is exactly the type of development Los Angeles officials should be encouraging to try to alleviate the housing crunch.

UCLA emeritus professor Gary Blasi urges Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other local leaders to declare a local emergency as El Niño weather approaches.

Zev Yaroslavsky, former member of the board of supervisors, writes in the Los Angeles Times that Constitution makes this a clear decision.

UCLA's Ramesh Srinivasan and the UCLA Digital Culture Lab he created helped students from a South L.A. school explore the role of new technology to shape grassroots social change.

Researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research have received a $400,000 grant to find out why individuals who receive both Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits are rejecting the new state-managed health care pilot program.

Ten UCLA students completed the UCLA Labor Center’s “I Am a #YoungWorker” multimedia research project documenting the experiences of young people working in Los Angeles County.

A team of scientists led by professor Stephanie Pincetl is beginning to measure the efficiency of homes and offices throughout Los Angeles.

Urban planning professor Michael Storper chronicles a history of choices that created a prosperity gap between the Bay Area and Southern California.

Ana Muniz, director of the Dream Resource Center at the UCLA Labor Center, recently published "Power, Police, and the Production of Racial Boundaries," a book on policing in Los Angeles.

UCLA's John Rogers has devoted his research and writing to identifying inequalities in education and community-organizing for school reform.

Former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Homeboy Industries’ Father Greg Boyle are among those who take part in the discussion.

Law professor Mary Nichols chronicles the 20-year saga to remove the veil of smog over Los Angeles.

Fielding School of Public Health research touts the virtues of the open-streets program, which temporarily closes local roads to motor vehicles and encourages walking and cycling.

A Ph.D. student in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Teni Adewumi is helping to raise awareness of the potential adverse health effects of certain products used at beauty salons.

The model, developed from six years of mathematical research and a decade of police crime data, has been so successful that the LAPD adopted it for use in 14 of its 21 divisions.

A UCLA delegation made up of more than 50 alumni, students, staff, community leaders and other friends will meet with members of the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to highlight the tremendous impact UCLA has in the region.