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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Ronald Reagan UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) Medical Center is seen on October 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has warned that California cash revenues will run out by the end of the month affecting law enforcement agencies, nursing homes and other services and government entities of approximately 5,000 California cities, counties, and school districts. A worldwide credit crunch threatens to derail state plans for a routine $7 billion loan to even out the tax flow into the state treasury. Just two weeks after state lawmakers came to agreement, after months of haggling on a record-overdue state budget, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is warning of future cuts to the state budget to deal with skyrocketing financial problems. A frozen credit market and revenues for the first quarter of the fiscal year that fell more than a billion dollars short of previous projections are causing the governor and state legislative leaders scrambling to deal with a new budget mess. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 09: Ronald Reagan UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) Medical Center is seen on October 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has warned that California cash revenues will run out by the end of the month affecting law enforcement agencies, nursing homes and other services and government entities of approximately 5,000 California cities, counties, and school districts. A worldwide credit crunch threatens to derail state plans for a routine $7 billion loan to even out the tax flow into the state treasury. Just two weeks after state lawmakers came to agreement, after months of haggling on a record-overdue state budget, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is warning of future cuts to the state budget to deal with skyrocketing financial problems. A frozen credit market and revenues for the first quarter of the fiscal year that fell more than a billion dollars short of previous projections are causing the governor and state legislative leaders scrambling to deal with a new budget mess. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

More than 30 incoming medical school students will get a full ride to UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine thanks to a $100-million gift from the school's benefactor.

The donation by Geffen, a philanthropist and entertainment executive, will create a scholarship fund to cover the recipients' entire cost of medical school, including tuition, room and board, books and other expenses.

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