Sunday, August 16

In the news:

Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant to open near UCLA

Westwood Village will soon be home to the first Los Angeles franchise of the popular Midwestern sandwich chain Jimmy John’s. The restaurant will open in August in a vacant space on Westwood Boulevard next to D’Amore’s Pizza, just north of Lindbrook Drive, said Rick Chancellor, western region vice president for the McDevitt Company. Read more...




Crimewatch: April 8-15

These crimes were reported on the UCLA campus and in the Westwood area between April 8-15. Campus On April 8, a petty theft was reported at 101 Westwood Plaza. Read more...


UC helps advancement of Thirty Meter Telescope project

The original version of this article contained multiple errors and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The University of California has committed millions of dollars and administrative manpower in recent years to build its biggest technology project yet – a 30-meter-diameter telescope that will capture and detect light to a capacity that has never been possible before. Read more...



UCLA Health System introduces antibiotic-free meat

The UCLA Health System recently implemented a program to use antibiotic-free meat in an effort to have the hospitals serve healthier food. Thirty percent of the meat university hospitals now use is antibiotic-free as a part of Health Care Without Harm’s Healthy Food in Health Care program and the Healthier Hospitals Initiative said Patricia Oliver, the director of nutrition for the UCLA Health System. Read more...