The purpose of this column is to support you. First-Gen Life will offer tips, stories and guidance to help first generation students not just survive, but thrive here at the University of California, Riverside (UCR).
Everyone talks about how hard it is to be first-gen, but no one really talks about what it feels like when something actually goes right....
On Oct.18, 2025 California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the temporary closure of a major Southern California highway causing significant delays and major traffic gridlocks in both San Diego and Orange counties. Public transits like the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner also had a temporary shutdown of select routes from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Interstate 5 was closed from Harbor Drive to...
On Oct. 22, 2025, the three candidates for New York’s mayoral office joined the stage to participate in the second round of the mayoral debates. The candidates include former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo who is running as an Independent, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and Republican nominee Curtis Silwa.
While Cuomo served three terms as New York’s Governor, he was...
For years scientists have believed that glioblastoma (GBM), the deadliest form of brain cancer, stayed within the walls of the skull, but a new study challenges that belief. Scientists at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have revealed that GBM actually erodes parts of the skull and changes the bone marrow within it,...
Former office manager Beatriz Margarita Putnam has been accused of stealing more than $80,000 from the Riverside Police Office’s Association (RPOA), the biggest police union in Riverside.
According to The Press-Enterprise, a sworn affidavit was filed to a judge by Detective Brian Money of the Riverside Police Department’s economic crime unit to request a search warrant. The affidavit states that...
As of Oct.17, 2025 both the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ended their in-person Survivor Support services at Los Angeles county Disaster Recovery centers.
Formerly located at University of California, Los Angeles Research Park West and the Altadena Disaster Recovery Center, these centers along with others saw 81,901 in-person visitors, since...
On Monday morning, the Amazon Web Services (AWS) shutdown left crucial web tools inaccessible due to the outage. Many instructors on campus exercised leniency with their students in response. Students in the University of California, Riverside (UCR) assistant professor Rich Yueh’s BUS 101 - Information Technology Management class, for example, were told regarding their review assignments, “Hold onto it...
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has emerged as a prominent figure in national politics, particularly among younger voters who according to recent polls are disillusioned with the current political system. The 34-year-old Democratic Socialist and state assemblyman has built his campaign around one central theme: affordability.
Mamdani’s platform includes proposals to freeze rent for rent-stabilized units, construct 200,000...
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has emerged as a prominent figure in national politics, particularly among younger voters who according to recent polls are disillusioned with the current political system. The 34-year-old Democratic Socialist and state assemblyman has built his campaign around one central theme: affordability.
Mamdani’s platform includes proposals to freeze rent for rent-stabilized units, construct 200,000...
The Riverside City Council held a special meeting on Oct. 14 to discuss the Safe Communities Resolution, a formal statement by the City Council that condemns the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers’ use of “non-transparent tactics” while carrying out federal immigration policy within Riverside and creates mandates for city offices to protect civilians. The meeting saw over...