This post was updated Oct. 5 at 9:32 p.m. Construction on the sidewalks of Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue has forced pedestrians to walk in the street and caused accessibility issues for over a year. Read more...
Photo: The intersection of Strathmore Drive and Gayley Avenue is pictured. Blocked sidewalks next to the intersection have made it common for pedestrians to walk in the street. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Oct. 1 at 1:53 a.m. A 17-story office building in Westwood is set to be converted to 320 new apartment units. Douglas Emmett – a real estate investment trust that owns and operates office buildings and apartment complexes in Southern California and Honolulu – acquired the property, located at 10900 Wilshire Blvd., from Tishman Speyer for $131 million in January. Read more...
Photo: (Gina Namkung/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 5 at 2:33 p.m. The Los Angeles Fire Department extinguished a fire on Roebling Avenue around 12:40 a.m. Friday. As the fire burned, two people called on bystanders to make contributions to the fire, which started around 12:20 a.m. Read more...
Photo: A fire burns on Roebling Avenue in Westwood early Friday morning. The Los Angeles Fire Department extinguished the fire around 12:40 a.m. Friday. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Hundreds of researchers, faculty and students attended a two-part science fair for suspended research projects Sept. 10 and 11. The UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute led the first day of the fair at the northwest corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Attendees and United Auto Workers Local 4811 members view posters of suspended research in the Rolfe Hall courtyard. Nearly $600 million of UCLA’s federal research funding was frozen by the federal government in July. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association announced that it found housing for its first unhoused client through the Midvale Housing Program at the North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting Sept. Read more...
This post was updated Sept. 4 at 12:37 a.m. Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor. UCPD recorded 534 unique entries in its daily crime log from Aug. Read more...
This post was updated Sept. 2 at 12:43 p.m. Over 15 police vehicles – including an LAPD helicopter – responded to a standoff in Westwood on Tuesday morning that caused traffic delays. Read more...
Photo: Police respond to a standoff on Sepulveda Boulevard. The incident began around 7 a.m. and blocked traffic in both directions. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
