Latest line: A good week for UCLA, a bad week for Claudine Gay

California invests in a major new research center, as a former Stanford professor falls from Ivy League grace.

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.