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LAst Night's Action: Hideous Mediocrity at Coliseum - LAist
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• Sat, Nov 28
Chicago Tribune LAst Night's Action: Hideous Mediocrity at Coliseum blog) USC Trojans defeat UCLA Bruins 28-7. This game was an awful display of mediocrity and adolescent jocularity for the two teams. ... Hawks take 9 of possible 12 points on tripChicago Daily Herald all 271 news articles »
LAst Night's Action: Clippers, Ducks Win - LAist
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• Fri, Nov 27
blog) LAst Night's Action: Clippers, Ducks Win blog) UCLA Bruins at USC Trojans. 7:00 pm FS Prime Ticket, AM 570 KLAC (UCLA Radio), AM 710 KSPN (USC Radio). LA Lakers at Golden State Warriors. 7:30 pm KCAL9, ... and more »
LAst Night's Action: Clippers Hold Off T-Wolves - LAist
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• Mon, Nov 23
Yahoo! Sports LAst Night's Action: Clippers Hold Off T-Wolves blog) UCLA Bruins defeat Pepperdine Waves 71-52. A week since their opening day embarrassment at the hands of Cal State Fullerton in front of a national audience, ... Here is the latest California sports from The APFOX11AZ.com
Extra, ExtraOriginal at LAist
• Sun, Oct 26
By Emmanuel Uche Transporters of UCLA employees have been put on alert to possible firebombs put in place by animal rights extremists. In August, the home of a UC Santa Cruz researcher was firebombed with two adults and two small children. Although they were able to escape, researchers who use animals have...
Extra, Extra*
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• Mon, Jul 23
By Zach Behrens A Starbucks in Sherman Oaks as victim of a hit-and-run. You can't deny a blogs influence on local politics and city services these days. Who knew? Kangaroo skin is illegal to sell in California. Sorry Adidas. Celebrity stylist Stacy Young cannot add new allegations against Jamie Foxx in brea...
Wilshire Subway Watch: WeHo Gets Shafted
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• Tue, Jul 17
By Zach Behrens He continues to suggest a congestion style pricing on Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevards for vehicles not registered within West Hollywood. As he admits, impractical it would be. Line 920, perfect from Koreatown to Fairfax or Westwood to Santa Monica. Anything in between requires a helic...
Extra, Extra - The Mayor's Chica Gets Probed
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• Thu, Jul 5
By Tony Pierce The California State Protocol Foundation funds Gov. Schwarzenegger's jets and luxury suites, and not only can they write that off, but their (GOP) donors get to stay secret - LA Times UCLA Bruins should be eating this picture up - Defamer
This Week in the World of -Ist
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• Sun, Jul 1
By Zach Behrens For those who say they don't like LA, filmmaker Werner Herzog says this: "Los Angeles is raw, uncouth, and bizarre, but it's a place of substance." Therefore, LAist has been celebrating film, day by day, this past week by following the Los Angeles Film Festival. (But let's not forget about t...
The UCLA Undie Run - June 2007 Edition
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• Mon, Jun 25
By Tony Pierce Because of the nature of the content - scantily clad college kids running through Westwood and various campus fountains to celebrate the end of finals - what you may see after the jump is not safe for work. Most people don't know that the Undie Run is an actual run. The kids literally haul ass ar...
Get Your Lit On: The Week in Bookish LA
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• Mon, Jun 4
By Callie Miller Portia Iversen & Jane Kaczmerek present Strange Son 7pm @ Vroman's Christopher Hitchens discusses God is Not Great 7pm @ Central Library Diane Lefer signs California Transit: Stories and a Novella 7pm @ Dutton's Larry Doyle presents I Love You Beth Cooper 7pm @ Borders, Westwood
Weekend Festivals
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• Fri, May 25
By Elise Thompson Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10am – 6pm. Hermosa Avenue at Pier Avenue Admittance is free 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, 5005 Los Angeles Ave. Admittance is $15. for adults; children under 12 free.
LAist Interview: LA Author Antoine Wilson
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• Tue, May 22
By Callie Miller Over fish tacos at Snug Harbor in Santa Monica, we spoke with LA author Antoine Wilson about his darkly comic debut novel, The Interloper, and waxed poetic on writing and living in Los Angeles. Wilson will be reading tonight @ Dutton's, 7pm.
The LAist Guide to Moving: Santa Monica to Hollywood in 40 Days
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• Sun, May 20
By Carrie Meathrell I work in Hollywood, he works in Studio City. In order to maintain a reasonable commute time (I’m talking the half-hour mark, maybe 45 minutes at worst), we pretty much have to live in North Hollywood/Studio City, or West Hollywood, Hollywood, Los Feliz, or Silverlake. I’m not averse the wh...
Weekly Movie Picks: Mama Drama, Cemetery Screenings
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• Wed, May 16
By Elina Shatkin WHERE: Cemetery Screenings: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. (entrance 2 blocks East of Gower in Hollywood) WHEN: Sunday, May 20 at 7:30 PM WHERE: American Cinematheque at The Aero Theater: 1328 Montana Ave. (at 14th St. in Santa Monica)
UCLA Bruins Set NCAA Record
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• Mon, May 14
By Adam Rose It's been a good year for the UCLA Bruins. Not only did they beat crosstown rival USC on the gridiron (and spoil the Trojan's national championship bid in the process), they reached the final four in men's basketball and soccer, women's volleyball and soccer, and placed fourth in women's g...
Number of Black Freshmen at UCLA Doubles
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• Fri, May 11
By Carrie Meathrell Um. Well. We're not quite sure what to say. Go Bruins? Keep up the good work? African Americans make up about 10% of the population of Los Angeles County. We're not real good on the math stuff, but 203 students out of 4,500 total who will be enrolling in the fall works out to about...4.5%. Not bad, but the...
¿Qué hay de nuevo a UCLA?
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• Wed, May 9
By Henry David Online USAC elections for UCLA student government are underway. Voting ends tomorrow at midnight so everyone should make sure to cast their e-ballots ASAP. Major issues this year include impeding tuition fee increases, student rights (ie the taser incident), preserving and improving...
LAst Night's Action: Little Bit Of Everything
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• Sun, Apr 29
By Adam Rose Avengers 75, Rampage 71 - Instead of watching the longest and most boring first round in NFL draft history (c'mon, how many big names were really available this year?), you could have fulfiled your football fix with some arena action. Los Angeles watched the seconds tick off the first half...
LAist Guide to the Festival of Books
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• Fri, Apr 27
By Callie Miller Parking: The parking at UCLA isn't nearly as big a problem as, say, the traffic surrounding the campus while people are trying to get there to park. If ever there was a time to take public transportation, this is it. If you must drive, parking lots are located at every corner of the campus and th...
Weekly Movie Picks: Italian Exploitation, Waitress, Larry Gottheim, LA Harbor Film Festival + More
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• Tue, Apr 24
By Elina Shatkin WHEN: April 26-May 3 WHERE: American Cinematheque at The Aero Theater: 1328 Montana Ave. (at 14th St. in Santa Monica ) WHEN: Sunday, April 29 at 7:00 pm WHERE: The Egyptian Theater: 6712 Hollywood Blvd., (1 block East of Highland Ave. in Hollywood)
Get Your Lit On: The LA Times Festival of Books Week in Bookish LA
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• Mon, Apr 23
By Callie Miller The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held this week on Saturday & Sunday, April 28 - 29th. Saturday Amy Stewart discusses and signs Flower Confidential 5pm @ Village Books Sunday
Bill Bradley's Take on AmericaOriginal at LAist
• Thu, Apr 19
By Sloane Berrent Former Senator Bill Bradley is currently on a book tour promoting his book, The New American Story, and LAist had the opportunity to hear him speak at UCLA through the School of Public Affairs on Friday before his appearance on HBO's The Bill Maher Show. About 35 students, political activi...
Weekly Movie Picks: Indian Film Fest, COL.COA, Wild Party, Cry of the City
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• Tue, Apr 17
By Elina Shatkin WHEN: Friday, April 20 at 7:30pm WHERE: Melnitz Movies at the James Bridges Theater: 1409 Melnitz Hall, UCLA Campus (Westwood) WHEN: Saturday, April 21 at 9:00 p.m. WHERE: Melnitz Movies at the James Bridges Theater: 1409 Melnitz Hall, UCLA Campus (Westwood) COST: FREE
What's Bruin at UCLA: Bathroom Sex, Afflalo Leaves for NBA
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• Thu, Apr 12
By Henry David He took his time making the decision after a second upsetting loss to Florida -- after a second good look at the NCAA title, he is ready to move on. Although he is dropping his current classes, he is determined to return at some point and finish his UCLA degree. Without Afflalo on next year's ros...
Weekly Movie Picks: Subtitle Film Fest, Jon Jost, Suspiria, Westerns & More
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• Tue, Apr 10
By Elina Shatkin WHEN: Friday, April 13 at MIDNIGHT! WHERE: Nuart Theater: 11272 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Sawtelle Blvd. in West LA) WHEN: Sunday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. WHERE: melnitz movies WHERE: The Billy Wilder Theater at The Hammer: 10899 Wilshire Blvd. (at Westwood Blvd.)
Angels Bullpen Legit...Get Used To It
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• Tue, Apr 3
By Dustin Perlberg If you caught the last 4 innings of Monday's 4-1 Angel victory, you had a lot to like. Sure, earlier you saw Casey Kotchman lead off his season with a big fly to center field, and you even saw Mike Napoli steal a base, but what should really excite Angel fans is the way the Angels bullpen locked do...
Weekly Movie Picks: Hot Fuzz, Killer of Sheep, Grindhouse, Godard & More
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• Tue, Apr 3
By Elina Shatkin WHEN: Tuesday, April 3 at 7:30 PM WHERE: Melnitz Movies at the James Bridges Theater: 1409 Melnitz Hall, UCLA Campus (Westwood) WHEN: Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 PM WHERE: American Cinematheque at The Egyptian Theater: 6712 Hollywood Blvd., (1 block East of Highland Ave. in Hollywood)
LAst Night's Action: UCLA All The Way?Original at LAist
• Sun, Mar 25
By la_adam1 Clippers 111, Wizzards 105 - The Lakers, the Bruins, and now one more Los Angeles basketball team has a four game winning streak. The Clippers earned theirs thanks to a 9 point flury in the final 77 seconds by Corey Maggette, who led Los Angeles with 29 overall.
LAst Night's Action: March Into History
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• Fri, Mar 23
By la_adam1 Bruins 64, Panthers 55 - While Kobe was writing his name in the record books, Angelinos were tuning into another game with more critical implications. With great story lines (the opposing coaches are best friends) and bracket busting possibilities, the game was interesting but UCLA nev...
NBA Eye For The College Guy
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• Wed, Mar 21
By la_kurt Another Trojan of interest is junior point guard Gabe Pruitt. He is expected to stay in school one more year, but likely would be a first round pick next year. He’s got skills but has been inconsistent all season, then he turned around and earned big bonus points with his impressive play again...
What's Bruin at UCLA: PAC-10 BBall Pressure, Cadaver Scandal
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• Thu, Mar 8
By la_henry UCLA Men's Basketball The UCLA Bruins will play the Cal Golden Bears in the PAC-10 Men's Basketball Tournament. As they file of the bus into the local Staple Center, they will be looking for a win against Cal in order to advance and secure the No.1 seed for the NCAA tournament.
What's Bruin at UCLA
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• Tue, Feb 27
By la_henry According to the AP and Coaches polls. The Bruins came out strong at home this past Saturday against the Stanford Trees Cardinals. The Ohio Buckeyes comfortably sit at No.1 following their victory against Wisconsin on Sunday. Our friends over at USC moved up to No.23 following an impressive s...
UCLA Students Can't Handle Big City Living
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• Mon, Jan 29
CA - To that, we give kudos to Alex Fay, "a fourth-year history student who has been working with the city on the parking situation" (Daily Bruin). ...
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