KCRW 89.9-FM’s “Press Play” spoke with UCLA law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw about the life and legacy of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, who died this week at age 92. Crenshaw, a leading scholar on race and feminism who knew Steinem well, said Steinem was always clear that her feminism had been shaped by Black women. She also reflected on the connections Steinem drew between attacks on reproductive rights, trans people, immigrants and Black people. Read more about UCLA in today’s Los Angeles Times, CBS News and others.

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More highlights from UCLA in the News: September 4, 2026

Nearly 6,000 homeless people could be displaced by Olympics | Los Angeles Times

Nearly 6,000 homeless people could be forced to move when security officials impose expansive security perimeters in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, researchers estimated in a new study. That estimate comes from social scientists at UCLA and USC, who said they published what they acknowledged was a rough preliminary estimate to jumpstart public discussion about the challenge of humanely managing the region’s massive homeless population as Olympic organizers and police carve out space for more than 11,000 athletes, officials and hundreds of thousands of fans. (UCLA’s Randall Kuhn and Jessie Chien were cited. Also: KTLA-TV and KTTV-TV.)

El Niño is coming in stronger than usual — are we prepared? | LAist’s “AirTalk”

“We’ve known for a while that a very big El Niño is underway and would grow to be a very significant event. It looks like it will be one of the biggest on record, if not the largest, with the magnitude of the event peaking during our winter,” said UCLA’s Alex Hall (approx. 1:50 mark).

Dark money in Texas Senate race spurs Talarico complaint to FEC | CBS News

Richard Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializing in campaign finance regulation, said the validity of the Talarico campaign’s complaint would depend on whether Preserve Texas was “established, financed, maintained or controlled” by Plishka, and whether Plishka was acting as Paxton’s “agent” when he formed it.

Bass, Raman tout their environmental bona fides at LA forum | Los Angeles Times

The environment remains a low priority on the list of quality-of-life issues facing Los Angeles County residents, according to a March survey from UCLA, with survey respondents reporting a neutral satisfaction on the state of environmental issues.