Ariela Lopez
Staff Reporter
ariela.lopez@yale.edu
Ariela Lopez covers City Hall and City Politics. Originally from New York City, she is a first-year in Branford College.
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HANNAH KOTLER & ARIELA LOPEZ
Two separate break-ins in Branford, Pauli Murray suites

Yale Police confirmed that non-Yale affiliates broke into one suite in Branford College and another in Pauli Murray College on Monday; police were also notified of an attempted bike theft in Saybrook College.

November 29, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Annual homelessness hearing highlights need for more affordable housing and crisis care

Representatives from nine local organizations involved in addressing homelessness testified in front of the Board of Alders’ Health and Human Services Committee.

November 17, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Board of Ed clashes over stricter rules for classroom materials

Board of Education members debated the merits of a policy update aimed at reviewing how various ethnic, cultural, professional and gender identities are portrayed in classroom materials.

November 15, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
AFC Urgent Care opens on Elm Street

An American Family Care urgent care clinic opened in downtown New Haven in September, marking the franchise’s eighteenth Connecticut location.

November 9, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Children’s author reads ‘TUMBLE’ at library event

Adriana Hernández Bergstrom led an hour-long reading of and arts activity about her recent children's book, a vibrant portrait of the life cycle of a tumbleweed.

November 6, 2023

ETHAN WOLIN & ARIELA LOPEZ
Contested alder races take shape for three seats in eastern New Haven

Democratic incumbents in Wards 13, 17 and 18 — encompassing Fair Haven Heights, the Annex and East Shore — each face two challengers looking to break the party’s total hold on the Board of Alders.

November 6, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ARIELA LOPEZ
Alder candidates clash in tense debate

The Democratic and Republican candidates for Ward 8 alder debated policy in Wooster Square, ultimately arriving at general arguments over their political parties.

November 3, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Four Yale alumni recognized as 2023 MacArthur Fellows

E. Tendayi Achiume ’05 LAW ’08, Andrea Armstrong LAW ’07, Ian Bassin LAW ’06 and Imani Perry ’94 were announced last week as four of this year’s 20 “genius grant” recipients.

October 12, 2023

HANNAH KOTLER & ARIELA LOPEZ
Connecticut allows implementation of automated cameras to combat traffic accidents

House Bill 5917, which allows for the installation of automated traffic cameras across the state, went into effect on Sunday; New Haven, however, is still months away from getting cameras.

October 5, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Activists press Board of Education on climate resolution progress

Student advocates from the New Haven Climate Movement urged the Board of Education to follow through on a 2022 climate emergency resolution on the anniversary of its passing.

September 29, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Windham-Campbell Festival welcomes winning writers to campus

The annual literary award festival honoring eight fiction, nonfiction, drama and poetry prize recipients began on Tuesday and offers free events on campus through Friday to celebrate the artists’ work.

September 22, 2023