The Los Angeles City Council approved four amendments to the citywide COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Nov. 30, including the removal of shopping centers and malls from the proof of vaccination requirement. Read more...
Photo: As of Dec. 17, malls and shopping centers in Los Angeles are not subject to the citywide rule requiring businesses to check for visitors’ vaccination statuses. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 7:54 p.m. The UCLA Labor Center renamed its downtown location after Reverend James Lawson Jr., a leader of the civil rights movement and a UCLA labor studies faculty member. Read more...
Photo: The downtown location of the UCLA Labor Center was renamed to honor Reverend James Lawson, a leader of the civil rights movement and a UCLA labor studies faculty member, as a part of an effort to renovate the labor center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count will be conducted in person in Westwood by two local organizations on Jan. 26, following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Two local organizations will execute the city’s annual homeless count in Westwood on Jan. 26 for the first time since 2019 after a cancellation last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Dec. 14 at 2:46 p.m. Apartments in Westwood experienced power and wireless internet service outages Tuesday morning. At approximately 8:16 a.m., both private and university owned apartments across Strathmore Avenue, Levering Avenue, Glenrock Avenue, Kelton Avenue and Landfair Avenue lost power. Read more...
Photo: Power and internet service outages impacted both private and university apartments Tuesday morning. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
The Los Angeles Metro launched Metro Micro, a zoned ride-hailing service for short trips, in the Westwood area Sunday. Similar to other ride-hailing services like Uber, Metro Micro provides an on-demand ride through the Metro Micro app, online or by phone within 15 minutes, according to LA Metro. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Metro launched a ride-hailing service in the Westwood area. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Editor’s note: The crimewatch map omitted two reported incidents for which the locations were unclear. UCPD recorded 558 unique entries in its November daily crime log. Read more...
More than 60 people gathered outside the Wilshire Federal Building on Sunday to protest masking and vaccine requirements related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles public schools. Read more...
Photo: Parents, children and other protestors outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood on Sunday wave signs criticizing the Los Angeles Unified School District and its COVID-19 policies. The protest came amid ongoing lawsuits against the district, which previously announced that it would relax masking and COVID-19 testing protocols beginning in the second semester. (Courtesy of Victoria Li)
