Don’t ask Karl Johansson about his favorite magazine or newspaper. Though he has been working at the Village Center Newsstand for more than two decades, he rarely reads the products he sells. Read more...
Photo: Karl Johansson stands outside the Village Center Newsstand, where he has worked for more than two decades. The newsstand, a Westwood landmark, will close by the end of the month. (Jennifer Lin/Daily Bruin)
Power was restored to most of the North Village around 3 a.m. Friday after a power outage hit thousands of area residents Thursday night, officials said. Read more...
French-Vietnamese chain restaurant 9021Pho recently signed a deal to open its sixth location in Westwood later this year. The Los Angeles-based eatery will open in about six months in a Gayley Avenue storefront previously occupied by Native Foods Café, said David Dwyer, the director of operations for 9021Pho. Read more...
Standing on a ladder stationed close to the curb, Gunhee Han carefully painted one of the 1930s era metal lampposts in Westwood Village with a fresh coat of paint. Read more...
Photo: Volunteers rake decomposed granite around a tree on Le Conte Avenue at WOMP 2014 (Courtesy UCLA Volunteer Center)
This post was updated at 10:23 p.m. A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck less than three miles from the UCLA campus Sunday evening. The quake struck at 7:36 p.m., according to the U.S. Read more...
Westwood’s only public parking structure, on Broxton Avenue, may soon eliminate monthly parking passes depending on the results of a possible study by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Read more...
Photo: The Broxton parking garage, located in a central spot in Westwood, may eliminate its monthly parking passes depending on the results of a study. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
The Los Angeles Metro board of directors voted Thursday to approve increases in Metro bus fares later this year. The fare increase option approved by Metro raised the base fare price for a bus ride from $1.50 to $1.75. Read more...
