Thursday, May 14

In the news:

Hillel at UCLA executive director seeks to help students find identity

Aaron Lerner knew for years he wanted to be a Jewish rabbi, but never expected it would happen at the age of 35. After attending college at USC, he worked in commercial real estate finance and said he enjoyed his career, but wanted to communicate with other people to answer larger questions and to fulfill his love of Jewish learning. Read more...

Photo: Aaron Lerner became the new executive director of Hillel at UCLA last month. He has worked to increase the leadership training program develop skills such as public speaking. (Courtesy of Aaron Lerner)




Hotel W Los Angeles unveils $25M renovations, adds STK steakhouse

The W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills hotel, located on Hilgard Avenue a block from UCLA, recently completed its $25 million renovation and now includes the STK Los Angeles steakhouse that opened in June. Read more...

Photo: The STK Los Angeles was relocated into W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills as part of a top-to-bottom $25 million renovation. The renovations also included 39 new guest suites and redecoration of the existing 258 guest rooms. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)


NextBus site allows Big Blue Bus riders to track arrivals in real time

Commuters are now able to digitally track real-time arrival times for the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus. Big Blue Bus officials announced the new service on the NextBus site Wednesday, after making it available to users July 1, said Suja Lowenthal, a spokeswoman for Big Blue Bus. Read more...

Photo: Real-time arrival times for the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus became available on the NextBus site, nextbus.com, July 1 and on Google Maps last month. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Small electrical fire reported at UCLA engineering school, no injuries

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. The LAFD responded to a report of a structure fire at 4:01 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)