Ariela Lopez
Staff Reporter
ariela.lopez@yale.edu
Ariela Lopez covers Cops and Courts for the City Desk and lays out the weekly print paper as a Production & Design editor. She previously covered City Hall. Ariela is a sophomore in Branford College, originally from New York City.
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ARIELA LOPEZ & JANICE HUR
Car break-ins in the Hill echo prior neighborhood concerns

After 30 reported vehicle break-ins, NHPD added additional temporary patrol to the neighborhood. Worries still persist among Yale New Haven Hospital employees.

January 21, 2025

ASUKA KODA & ARIELA LOPEZ
Former School of Medicine professor embroiled in artificial insemination lawsuit

Three mothers have sued Dr. Burton Caldwell for allegedly inseminating them with his own sperm without their consent. The University and Yale New Haven Hospital are co-defendants in one of the suits.

January 21, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale police feared spring protests were “criminal and violent.” Then they arrested

The Yale Police Department arrested 48 pro-Palestinian protesters, mostly students, on April 22, 2024. A recently published cache of records sheds light on internal decision making.

January 17, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Sweetgreen to open fifth Connecticut location at Shops at Yale

The popular salad bar chain will occupy the currently vacant corner storefront at 1 Broadway, and is slated to open in 2025.

January 13, 2025

MAIA NEHME & ARIELA LOPEZ
The key to the Kia Boyz: New Haven residents, officials confront auto theft “epidemic”

Auto theft numbers are declining this month, but residents are still on high alert.

December 5, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & LILY BELLE POLING
“It smells like snow”: New Haven gears up for New England holiday cheer

This holiday season, get on the nice list and check out some of New Haven’s holiday celebrations.

December 4, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Buckley head files discovery motion as breach of peace case continues

Lauren Noble’s ’11 attorney hopes to procure texts between the complainant and his supervisor. Noble previously shared concern with the police that the two “conspired” against her to press the charges.

December 4, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
New Haven police to implement AI in proposed tech contract upgrade

Police reports written by artificial intelligence will still be certified line-by-line by New Haven Police Department officers.

December 2, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Police union inches closer to contract agreement

Yale presented its police union with a final offer, but the union president considers negotiations to still be a “few” issues away from resolution.

November 19, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
New Haven’s presidential election in four maps

Final results from last week’s presidential election show an overall dip in turnout and a slight citywide shift to the right.

November 14, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & CHRIS TILLEN
Vivek Ramaswamy LAW ’13 talks Trump’s victory, conservatism at Yale

Ramaswamy, former Republican presidential primary contender and Trump cabinet hopeful, spoke at the Buckley Institute’s 14th annual conference and the Shabtai Society.

November 11, 2024