UCLA football (4-7, 3-6 Big Ten) will cap off its landmark 2024 season Saturday at the Rose Bowl against Fresno State (6-5, 4-3 Mountain West). Here are this week’s gameday predictions from Sports editor Ira Gorawara and assistant Sports editors Connor Dullinger and Aaron Doyle – along with a guest prediction from national news and higher education editor Alexandra Crosnoe.

In an introduction to a conference full of fierce competition, the Bruins held their own.
No. 24 UCLA swim and dive took home fourth place at the Ohio State Invitational from Nov.

Thousands of workers struck against the UC on Wednesday and Thursday.
Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers Local 3299 – which represents patient care, service and skilled craft workers – voted to authorize a strike with 99% support after alleging that the University bargained in bad faith during contract negotiations.

SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents heard public comment from community members calling for the University to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military, prevent antisemitism and freeze nonresident tuition.

This post was updated Nov. 19 at 11:35 p.m.
Nearly 40,000 workers across the UC – including dining hall staff – could strike Wednesday and Thursday.

This post was updated Nov. 19 at 3:12 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents approved an over $20 million budget increase for a UCLA electricity project Wednesday.

This post was updated Nov. 18 at 1:03 a.m.
SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents introduced new academic opportunities and discussed diversity across the University at its Wednesday meeting.

SAN FRANCISCO – Members of the UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee discussed the state of the UC Health system and its impact on the California community during its November meeting.

President-elect Donald Trump appointed William McGinley – a UCLA alumnus – as his White House counsel.
McGinley, who graduated from UCLA with a history degree in 1992, has also held the role of White House Cabinet secretary in Trump’s first administration and general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

This post was last updated Nov. 14 at 11:25 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO — A UC Board of Regents committee recommended tuition hikes for nonresident students Wednesday. 
The board is holding its bimonthly meeting Tuesday to Thursday at UC San Francisco.