Somewhere on Sunset Blvd. in 1905 Yours truly, in driving back from UCLA last night on Sunset Blvd., noted a sign saying the area around the 405 would be closed 10 pm tonight until 6 am tomorrow. (It also said the closing would happen last night but it is too late to warn about that event.)
From the San Francisco Chronicle: UC Berkeley officials, responding to recent reports of lax admissions standards and poor graduation rates among student athletes, admitted this week that the university has a serious problem that is at times exacerbated by the desire to succeed on the field. “At a point, the pressure to win caused us to put more focus on the athletic piece and, as a result, we saw less performance on the academic side,” said Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour… “We have an issue. No doubt,” said Barbour…. “It’s a serious one. And we have taken several measures to correct…
Dear Colleagues,The UCLA Faculty Association has a new Executive Board this year, and a full slate of complex issues to address. We appreciate your continued support, and encourage you to get involved in your FA.As I’m sure you are aware, there have been significant changes to the health insurance offerings for University of California employees. The Faculty Associations at UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside have issued strongly-worded letters of protest about the lack of choices in the new plan offerings, and the lack of transparency in the process of choosing the options.The UCLA Faculty Association also has been hearing…
The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released its budget outlook for the coming year and the next few years. Good cheer generally, except for higher ed. Revenue is up more than projected. (Recall the governor insisted on “conservative” forecasts last June.) Spending is up, too, but the net points to a rising state reserve. Indeed, the LAO simulated a mild recession and thinks we could pull through without another calamity. However, when in comes to spending on higher ed, UC is frozen at $2.8 billion indefinitely. No adjustments for inflation and enrollment growth (which LAO doesn’t think will happen based on…
It has been brought to the attention of yours truly that some of the links and embedding to earlier blog posts about the UCLA Grand Hotel (and other topics) no longer operate. Facebook has been used for such broken links, particularly as we go back in time, and Facebook seems to be not-so-good at maintaining embedding on blog posts. Rather than go back and try to repair each broken link, we provide a listing below of all Facebook links that relate to the Grand Hotel project. [In the future, as time permits, we may do the same for other topics.] …
Westwood demonstration during prior 2-day strike We noted yesterday that UC sought an order through PERB barring certain critical workers from the one-day strike today. According to the State Worker blog of the Sacramento Bee: …A judge has banned a relative handful of employees who provide patient care at University of California medical facilities from participating in a statewide strike set for Wednesday. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge David I. Brown said that a strike by about 50 AFSCME-covered employees, mostly respiratory theratpists, would “create a substantial and imminent threat to the health and safety of the public and patients…
Yours truly went by the site of the Grand Hotel yesterday around 4 pm. Seemed like everyone but one guy had gone home by then (and he seemed to be leaving).Guess everyone was pooped:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRQPWjK1ERw?feature=player_detailpage]
The November 14 meeting of the Regents opened with public comments. These included concerns over staffing and safety at UC hospitals, a Berkeley city councilman who called for pension caps on high-paid UC executives, students advocating fossil fuel divestment, concerns about student costs and debt, and spending on “amenities” for students at UC. The Committee on Finance approved budgets for operations and capital after extensive discussion and back-and-forth with Governor Brown who said that UC was asking for $120 million more than it was going to get. There was a bit more push back from Regents and administrators with regard…
Westwood demonstration as part of prior 2-day strike The State Worker blog of the Sacramento Bee is reporting that the Public Employment Relations Board is seeking to limit the number of AFSCME employees at UC who can participate in tomorrow’s hospital strike for safety reasons. [An earlier posting on this blog noted that a tentative settlement with nurses indicated nurses would not participate.] TAs who might participate would presumably be unaffected by the PERB action. The Bee article is at:http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/19/5924205/uc-medical-centers-bracing-for.html
This contemporary photo shows the location of the UC Extension office in downtown LA in 1931. As is evident, the original office building is no longer there. But if you click on the link below, you can read the extension catalog for May 1931 which featured a variety of courses on business, languages, history, and “Radio Telephony and Talking Moving Pictures.” At the time, the extension service was run out of Berkeley with representation for the LA programs from UCLA. We had earlier posted similar catalogs:http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/05/ucla-history-extension-in-1930.html http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-earlier-posts-scroll-to-bottom-we.html http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/06/ucla-history-uc-extension-in-september.html Link below to the May 1931 edition:
