Westwood community members had mixed reactions to the recent legalization of recreational marijuana in California and its potential implications. 56 percent of California voters supported Proposition 64, which made it legal to use and grow marijuana for recreational purposes on Nov. Read more...
Photo: (Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz proposed a 60-mile aboveground transportation system for automated cars that could bypass traffic stops. Read more...
It may be difficult for UCLA students to serve a full term on the Westwood Neighborhood Council after its next election in 2018. The council voted eight to seven to extend its two-year terms on council to four years at its Wednesday meeting. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Neighborhood Council voted Wednesday to extend its members’ terms to four years instead of two, which could make it difficult for UCLA students to serve a full term on the council, according to current representatives. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A new doner kebab restaurant featuring international flavors will open its doors in Westwood on Wednesday. Bob Kaufman, founder and chief executive officer of SpireWorks, said his travels to Turkey, where doner kebabs originated, inspired him to open a restaurant in the United States. Read more...
Photo: SpireWorks, a doner kebab restaurant that cooks meat on a vertical rotisserie, will open Wednesday in Westwood Village. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
It takes one and a half hours to drive from one end of Los Angeles County to the other without traffic. Because it is so large, the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk flies ballots from the outskirts of the county, such as Catalina Island and Lancaster, by helicopter to its election headquarters in Norwalk, California, said Jennifer Stern, an administrative service manager at the county registrar office. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk has 14 computers like this one that can read 1000 cards a minute. (Jeong Park/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Jasmine Shamolian, a field representative for Councilman Paul Koretz, said she is working on a project that would plant trees on Westwood Boulevard after several trees were illegally cut down throughout Westwood. Read more...
