DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

Why are wildfires getting worse?
Fire truck with lights flashing parked before a large structure fire at night, flames and smoke filling the sky.
UCLA researchers and their colleagues say California’s forests are burning more severely than at any point in the last 40 years — and that the change is linked to both climate change and forest management.

Back on the court after childhood cancer
Young basketball player Ava Hernandez smiles courtside at a Lakers game at Crypto.com Arena, with the court and scoreboard visible below.
How a UCLA Health team helped Ava Hernandez overcome a rare bone cancer called osteosarcoma and return to the game she loves.

A posthumous crown for Captain Walt
Walt Hazzard in a UCLA Bruins jersey holding a basketball, receiving a National Collegiate Basketball Championship trophy from John Wooden.
The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame will induct Bruin legend Walt Hazzard, who helped launch UCLA’s championship era under John Wooden by leading the team to a 30–0 record and an NCAA title in 1964.

Summer happenings on campus
Wall installation with two straw-and-fiber sculptural forms mounted on a reddish-brown wall, connected by white, hand-drawn abstract lines resembling swirling landscapes, waves and lightning across the surface.
A Bruin guide to the most intriguing events this summer.

As LA River morphs into impromptu musical stage, gentrification fears remain — and more UCLA media
DJ Brawl wears headphones and holds his right arm up in the air as he performs at a DJ controller beneath a canopy, while others watch and relax nearby.

Jon Christensen, director of the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA, told the Los Angeles Times that river revitalization can be part of a “green gentrification cycle” as new development pushes out old communities. Read and see more about UCLA in today’s Salon, the BBC and others.
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