The UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team’s thrilling run through the Pac-12 tournament fell short as they lost 61-65 in the championship game against the Washington State Cougars.
The assembly elevated the discourse on an impactful matter that continues to ravage the health and well-being of our communities.
One year after revered songstress, vocal teacher and community activist Barbara Morrison’s passing at age 72, her legacy is humming along in full swing. The City of Los Angeles has renamed the corner of 43rd Street and Degnan (where the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center has stood for the past 14 years) “Barbara Morrison Square.” It was dedicated on the singer’s birthday last year, September 10, which also marked the date of the First Annual Barbara Morrison Jazz and Blues Festival.
Many in the Black and Hispanic communities suffer unnecessarily and avoid the subject of cognitive decline due to mistrust, misinformation, and stigmas related to testing and clinical trials. Black Americans are twice as likely as other ethnic groups to say they “don’t trust medical research” and “might not be treated fairly.”
The Los Angeles Sparks announced Wednesday the re-signing of guard Jordin Canada to a training camp contract.
With 10.2 seconds left, Lakers forward LeBron hit a mid-range fadeaway jumper and broke what seemed to be an unbreakable record. With that shot, James became the all-time leading scorer in the NBA.
While being a member of one of the top womens’ water polo teams in the NCAA, Jahmea Bent was advocating for Black athletes at UCLA.
USC senior guard Boogie Ellis scored a career-high of 31 points to help conquer the nationally-ranked UCLA Bruins Men’s basketball team 77-64.
The most recent evocative work of Oakland-born painter Janiva Ellis, The Angels (2022), a four-month exhibit at the Hammer Museum at UCLA, closed January 22.
The No. 12 UCLA Women’s Basketball team rallied back from a 12-point fourth quarter deficit to beat USC 61-60 to complete the regular season sweep over the Trojans on Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion.
Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson, a native Angeleno, reflects on her appointment before stepping down.
Junior guard Jaylen Clark continued to impress by scoring a game-high 18 points, leading No. 13 UCLA Men’s Basketball to an 81-54 win over UC Davis on Wednesday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion.
The No. 11 ranked UCLA Women’s Basketball cruised to an 82-48 victory over Fresno State behind four players finishing in double-figures on Tuesday night at Pauley Pavilion.
The UCLA Bruins women’s basketball team relied on second-chance points and a strong defense to snap the Women of Troy’s undefeated record with a 59-56 victory. The Bruins outrebounded USC on the offensive end 20-9. That led them to score 23 second-chance points, 11 more than USC.
Just last month, seven students from the Los Angeles Unified School District overdosed on fentanyl, and one of them occurred on a school campus.