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.
Author Archive
JANICE HUR & ARIELA LOPEZ
Scientists rally on the Green to protest federal research cuts

Researchers, students and labor organizers gathered on the New Haven Green to oppose cuts to NIH and federal research funding.

February 19, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Hundreds spend Presidents’ Day protesting Trump outside City Hall

Protesters gathered on a frigid Monday afternoon to rally against the sitting president’s rhetoric and policies.

February 18, 2025

City hall
ARIELA LOPEZ & ELIJAH HUREWITZ-RAVITCH
Seal seeks sanctuary in New Haven streets

New Haven Police found a male grey seal in Mill River on Sunday and transported it to the Mystic Aquarium.

February 18, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & MAIA NEHME
Fair Haven residents revive dining out tradition amid threats to immigrants

Alders and New Haveners gathered at Salsa’s for a community dinner to support local businesses whose clientele have been affected by federal orders threatening immigrants.

February 18, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Friends and family of Jebrell Conley plan foundation to promote youth services

The foundation, named for the victim of a September officer-involved shooting, will hold its first event in March.

February 14, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Uncertainty continues over fatal early morning police shooting

A week after the state’s preliminary report was published, uncertainty abounds over the circumstances that led to an officer-involved shooting on Grand Avenue.

February 12, 2025

JOSIE REICH, CLAIRE NAM & ARIELA LOPEZ
“Seasoned, thoughtful, strategic”: Jack Callahan, senior operations officer, retires

Yale’s inaugural senior vice president for operations leaves a legacy of collaboration and adaptivity among his soon-to-be-former colleagues.

February 12, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Civilian Review Board nominates leadership candidates amid bylaw review

The board, entering its fifth year of operations, may soon alter its bylaws to reflect a need for clarity.

February 11, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Police union, University debate drug testing policy in “final offer”

A contentious substance abuse policy stands in the way of a long-awaited contract for Yale’s police officers and detectives.

February 6, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Decades-old Yale Police Advisory Board quietly discontinued last year

Current calls for increased Yale Police oversight echo past efforts, and subsequent failures, to maintain a community-run accountability initiative for the YPD.

February 6, 2025

MAIA NEHME & ARIELA LOPEZ
‘Gutting’ federal funding suspension sends city refugee resettlement agency scrambling

New Haven’s Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services has laid off 20 percent of its staff since the Trump administration’s Jan. 24 stop-work order.

February 6, 2025