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About 50 UCLA health care workers ranging from nurses to cardiologists and ophthalmologists, volunteered at this year's free health clinic for the poor and underserved sponsored by Care Harbor.

As the UCLA Community School nears its fifth anniversary, the college going rate for students in the area has increased dramatically. Ninety-five percent of last year's graduating seniors plan to go to college this fall.

A Q&A with Allison Carruth, associate professor of English at UCLA, who is helping to lead a massive effort that launches this Saturday to draw the public to the Los Angeles River.

The organization has donated its collection of more than 100 boxes of records documenting its nearly 30-year struggle to restore the river’s heritage and habitat.

A group of researchers at the Luskin School of Public Affairs is writing a guide to help cities build parks for seniors, an underserved group when it comes to park usage. They are working with residents to create a park in L.A.'s Westlake neighborhood.

At 83, Sid Thompson, the first African American superintendent of Los Angeles schools 18 years ago, continues to mentor professionals in leadership in schools for Center X.

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

Urban planning professor Donald Shoup says that property owners should be required to fix their broken sidewalks when they sell their property.

Researchers from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs based their analysis on key factors, including what portion of renters’ income regularly goes to pay rent.

Nearly 4 in 10 Los Angeles County residents live in environmentally vulnerable communities burdened by air pollution and other risk factors, according to a study by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and The Environmental Defense Fund.

A new UCLA-led study suggests that a higher quality educational environment may help reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes.

A summer camp run by UCLA students offers unprivileged 10- to 18-year-olds from Los Angeles a chance to see the outdoors, learn teamwork and get motivated about college.

The 'Needs Portal' enables caseworkers to find out in real time which community agencies are available to help families with urgent needs.

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.

The Hammer's biennial showcase of emerging Los Angeles artists has forced the museum to temporarily shelve its collection of European masters for the first time ever.

Among the group's other recommendations: household water meters that measure indoor and outdoor water use separately, and stronger incentives for drought-resistant landscaping.

Stan Paul, undergraduate advisor for the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, has commuted by vanpool from Riverside County since 2001. He takes photos along the way.

In an event co-sponsored by UCLA and Zocalo Public Square, Luskin School of Public Affairs Dean Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. and others disagree on Mayor Garcetti’s first year in office.

Furnish the Homeless, an organization founded by three UCLA students in 2012, takes unwanted furniture and appliances from students and others living near campus and delivers them to those living in transitional housing.

A group of Los Angeles K-12 teachers participated in a special two-day seminar at UCLA on using soccer in the classroom as a way to teach politics, economics and globalization.

Reporting, writing and editing for the Bruin's Roar helps UCLA Community School students improve their English language skills and confidence.

The Anderson Forecast has partnered with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's office to help launch a new online open data portal called DataLA to make information readily available to residents.

An unprecedented 95 percent of the graduates are headed to UC campuses, Cal States or other institutions of higher learning.

A small group of law students from UCLA has helped community advocates add their voice to the debate over who should oversee the investigation of inmate abuse and monitor what's going on in L.A. county jails.

Alex Hall, a professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Environment and Sustainability, appears in “Years of Living Dangerously,” airing June 2 on Showtime, and explains how climate change will impact our lives.