California Gov. Gavin Newsom, center, and Michael Drake, the president of the University of California, left, and UCLA's chief executive officer, Chancellor Gene Block, right, with other officials tour the former Westside Pavilion in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. UCLA will turn the sprawling former shopping mall into cutting-edge centers for research into immunology and quantum science. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool)
UCLA
Southern California university wins $200 million from Gov. Gavin Newsom to turn a former LA shopping mall into a new research park by 2027 specializing in supercomputers and using immunology to cure diseases.
Claudine Gay
Former Stanford political science professor resigns as Harvard president after only six months amid plagiarism accusations and criticism that she didn’t act forcefully enough to condemn campus antisemitism.
Robert Rivas
Hollister Democrat begins new legislative session in Sacramento as Assembly speaker. But the state faces a $68 billion deficit and he’s going to upset a lot of allies with cuts to popular programs this year.
Originally published at Bay Area News Group