This post was updated April 6 at 12:41 a.m. UCPD and the Los Angeles Fire Department put out a fire on Roebling Avenue at around 10:35 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Firefighters extinguish a fire on Roebling Avenue Sunday night. A crowd of people lit a pile of objects – including branches and furniture – on fire at around 10:25 p.m. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council elected a new at-large board member at its monthly meeting March 4. The council, which represents UCLA and Westwood Village, meets on the first Wednesday of every month at UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace. Read more...
This post was updated March 24 at 4:22 p.m. UCPD arrested a Santa Monica man Friday after he allegedly trapped two UCLA students in his vehicle and threatened them earlier this month. The man allegedly drove half a mile through Westwood while refusing to let the students leave his vehicle, according to a Tuesday UCPD press release. Read more...
Photo: A UCPD car drives down a street on campus. UCPD detectives arrested a Santa Monica man twice this month – once for allegedly trapping two students inside his vehicle and again for an October sexual assault. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated March 19 at 1:15 p.m. The UC Board of Regents’s Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended a budget of $351 million to build new UCLA student housing on Levering Ave. Read more...
Photo: Michael Cohen, the chair of the UC Board of Regents Finance and Capital Strategies Committee, sits next to other UC Regents at their March meeting. The committee he chairs recommended an allocation of $351 million on Wednesday to fund new student housing. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Hundreds of Westwood residents celebrated Lunar New Year with an afternoon of cultural activities in Broxton Plaza on Feb. 21. The Westwood Village Improvement Association hosted the inaugural celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Spectators watch a lion dance performance at the Westwood Village Lunar New Year celebration. Residents and vendors gathered in Broxton Plaza last month for music, shopping and holiday activities. (Courtesy of Michael Russell, Westwood Village Improvement Association.)
Bella Pita – a Mediterranean sandwich restaurant run by a retired UCLA adjunct professor – closed in Westwood on March 4. Bella Pita, which opened on Gayley Avenue in 2007, was founded and run by Medy Sanadidi – a retired UCLA adjunct professor – with the help of his son. Read more...
Photo: Signs hang in the window of the Bella Pita storefront. The Gayley Avenue restaurant closed this month after nearly 20 years in business. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated March 11 at 10:24 p.m. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council approved an updated design for a bike lane project intended to reduce cycling accidents for cyclists in West Los Angeles, including in Westwood and Santa Monica. Read more...
Photo: A bike lane sign is posted on the street outside of a UCLA building. Multiple projects in the Westside of Los Angeles aim to improve cycling infrastructure and safety. (Daily Bruin file photo)
