It’s the sixth consecutive year that UCLA’s athletic department has run in the red, its deficit over that span totaling $219.55 million.

UCLA gymnastics assistant Lacy Dagen is helping the Bruins pull off more feats and find more confidence on the balance beam, and its showing in the scores.

LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie, who oversaw the West Bureau by the UCLA campus, will take over UCLA's Office of Campus Safety in February.

The grad student is competing in three events for the Bruins, who host Illinois in their home opener at Pauley Pavilion on Saturday.

He spent 27 years with the LAPD, completing his career with the department as the assistant commanding officer of the West Bureau.

Classes at UCLA will be online through January 17 as wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles County. The school's proximity to an evacuation warning zone prompted caution.

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:32 p.m. UCLA plans to return in-person classes Tuesday. Undergraduate instruction was cancelled Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 – and moved online for week two of winter quarter – following the onset of fires across County.

UCLA football is not finished looking to add to its 2025 recruiting class. One key position the Bruins have yet to land from the class is a wide receiver. Perhaps that could soon change. According to 247Sports recruiting analyst Blaire Angulo,

A device made of polymer thin films shows promise for use in wearable and portable applications. UCLA materials scientists have created a compact cooling device that continuously removes heat using layers of flexible thin films.

The UCLA football staff is working hard on the recruiting trail and is targeting some of the top prospects the class of 2026 and 2027 have to offer. One of the

UCLA (17-0 overall, 6-0 Big Ten Conference) has now spent eight weeks as the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 rankings and is one of two unbeaten teams left in the country alongside LSU. The Bruins’ 17-0 start is the best in program history and 12 games remain on the regular season schedule.

UCLA plans to end its emergency status Friday evening and restart in-person classes Tuesday. Most of the 22,000 on-campus students voluntarily left the school last week.