Three miles of Santa Monica Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard closed to cars Sunday, creating a temporary park for cyclists and pedestrians. CicLAvia – a nonprofit that temporarily closes streets to cars across the city – hosted the event. Read more...
Photo: Pedestrians and cyclists gather in Westwood. Parts of Santa Monica Boulevard and Westwood Boulevard were closed to cars on Sunday. (Presley Liu/Daily Bruin)
Long-awaited sidewalk repairs are coming to Westwood this year, according to documents from the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering. The city will repair sidewalks in areas in Westwood, including parts of Veteran Avenue, Levering Avenue, Landfair Avenue and Gayley Avenue, according to a pending request document from the bureau. Read more...
Photo: Cars are parked along a street in North Westwood. Parts of sidewalks in areas including Gayley Avenue and Veteran Avenue are set to be repaired in 2026 and 2027. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
LAPD received a report of two masked people breaking into a home on Westholme Avenue shortly after midnight Tuesday. Multiple police vehicles responded to the break-in, which occurred less than three blocks from campus at 12:09 a.m. Read more...
Photo: A LAPD car drives down a Westwood street. LAPD responded to a break-in on Westholme Avenue in the early hours of Tuesday morning. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council passed a community impact statement calling on UCLA to designate itself as a sanctuary campus at its April meeting. The council, which represents UCLA and Westwood Village, meets on the first Wednesday of every month at UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace. Read more...
Families gathered in Broxton Plaza on Saturday for the Big Play Date – an event featuring face painting, story reading, a petting zoo and other children’s activities. Read more...
Photo: A child paints at the Big Play Date event in Westwood Plaza. The event included family-oriented activities like art projects and a petting zoo. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated April 12 at 9:32 p.m. Together, Black and Hispanic people make up less than a quarter of Westwood’s population – and 27.5% of UCLA’s student body – yet more than half of the people UCPD stopped between July 2024 and July 2025 were reported to be those ethnicities. Read more...
Photo: A line of UCPD cars is shown in a parking lot. More than half of the people UCPD stopped between July 2024 and June 2025 were Black or Hispanic, data showed. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor. UCPD recorded 576 unique entries in its March 1 to March 31 daily crime log. Read more...
