Wednesday, May 20

Westwood Village aims to promote businesses through social media

The Westwood Village Improvement Association recently added a new staff member to bring businesses and customers to the Village, following years of empty storefronts. The new marketing and communications manager position was filled this year with the aim to draw people to the Village through social media and community outreach, said Andrew Thomas, the executive director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association. Read more...

Photo: Megan Furey is the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s new marketing and communications manager, a new position created this year. Neil Bedi/Daily Bruin senior staff


Float Lab location to open in Westwood

Students and Westwood residents will soon be able to relax and float in simulated zero gravity chambers at an incoming Westwood business. Float Lab, which allows customers to use their flotation chambers, recently began construction and is going to open in the coming months. Read more...

Photo: Float Lab uses a solution of water and dissolved salts to simulate zero gravity.



Officers found not guilty in homeless man Kelly Thomas’ death

A California jury found two former California police officers not guilty on Monday of any charges in connection with a homeless man’s death in 2011. Kelly Thomas, 37, died after a violent struggle with the two former officers which was captured on surveillance camera, according to local news reports. Read more...



What’s happening at UCLA this week: Jan. 13-16

See what’s happening on your campus this week:   Monday Hershey Felder in Abe Lincoln’s Piano Based off of the book by Hershey Felder and directed by Trevor Hay, The Geffen Playhouse presents a play that provides the audience with a look into the politics and people that surrounded the night at Ford’s Theatre. Read more...


Small USAC surplus halves student group funding

The original headline accompanying this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. An undergraduate student government fund that helps finance student group operations experienced a more than 50 percent funding decrease from last year, largely because of an unusually small student government surplus. Read more...