The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
News, Westwood
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September 7, 2:00 pm
North Westwood Neighborhood Council recap – Sept. 2
Academics, Higher Education, News
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September 5, 1:30 pm
Gov. Newsom signs bill requiring CSU students to take ethnic studies class
A new state law will require all California State University students to take an ethnic studies course to graduate. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1460 into law Aug. Read more...
Photo: California passed a law Aug. 17 requiring California State University students to take an ethnic studies course in order to graduate, causing a debate about the scope of the requirement and the legislature’s oversight in the education curriculum. (Daily Bruin file photos. Photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
News, Westwood
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September 4, 4:36 pm
Survey finds most Westwood stakeholders favor easing Village Specific Plan restrictions
Westwood Village associations and a Los Angeles city official are fighting vacancies in the Village by collaborating to potentially amend its business regulations. A survey distributed in part by the Westwood Village Improvement Association found that of the 2,519 respondents, most of whom were from Westwood, around 60% supported some degree of changes to the Westwood Village Specific Plan, a document that regulates the entrance of new businesses into Westwood Village. Read more...
Photo: Local neighborhood councils distributed a survey that found the majority of respondents support changing city rules to combat the high commercial vacancy rate in Westwood. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Crime, News, Westwood
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September 4, 12:51 pm
UCPD arrests 2 individuals in connection to recent Westwood burglaries
University police arrested two people Tuesday in connection with several Westwood burglaries. Cierra Marie Bartholomew, 28, and Adrian Givens, 46, were arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with burglary, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools and being felons in possession of firearms and ammunition, according to a Thursday press release from the UCPD. Read more...
Photo: UCPD police officers arrested two people in Westwood on Tuesday in connection with several Westwood burglaries.
Campus, News, Student Government
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September 1, 6:39 pm
No UCPD Coalition boycotts Public Safety Advisory Council, advocates for divestment
This post was updated Sept. 1 at 10:43 p.m. Undergraduate student leaders said Wednesday they will pull out of a UCLA-initiated advisory body which would oversee university police. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council will not appoint student representatives to the Public Safety Advisory Council, an oversight body created by UCLA to address campus safety concerns and to oversee the university police. (Daily Bruin file photo)
News, UC
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September 1, 3:17 pm
Judge issues preliminary injunction to bar SAT, ACT scores in UC admissions
The University of California can no longer use standardized testing scores as criteria for admissions, a California judge ruled in a preliminary injunction Monday. The policy at many UC campuses that gives students an option to submit test scores puts the access of students with disabilities at a disadvantage and may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, wrote Judge Brad Seligman in a preliminary injunction ruling for the Smith v. Read more...
Photo: The University of California will no longer be able to use standardized testing scores as admissions criteria, a California judge ruled in a preliminary injunction Monday. UCLA currently has a test-optional policy. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News, Science & Health
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August 31, 7:57 pm
LA residents encouraged to avoid mosquito-borne threat of West Nile virus
Los Angeles County residents should take precautions against a disease spread by mosquitoes, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said. West Nile virus, a virus transmitted to humans by a mosquito bite from an infected mosquito, can invade the central nervous system and be deadly. Read more...
Photo: The West Nile virus is spread through mosquito bites from infected mosquitoes. The disease caused by the virus can affect the central nervous system. (Andrea Grigsby/Cartoons Director) Photo credit: Andrea Grigsby