Students and locals marched through Westwood for International Women’s Day on Friday. About 35 people walked on the streets to show their support for universal women’s rights, briefly disrupting traffic. Read more...
Photo: About 35 people walked on the streets of Westwood on Friday to show support for universal women’s rights, briefly disrupting traffic. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated March 11 at 11:36 a.m. Residents across Westwood lost power Saturday afternoon. A power outage occurred around 1 p.m. in Westwood, affecting around 1,100 Los Angeles Water and Power customers in the area, an LADWP spokesperson said. Read more...
Photo: Residents across Westwood lost power around 1 p.m. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 9 at 5:01 p.m. Police investigated a suspicious package reported in Westwood on Saturday afternoon. UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez said in an email statement that a suspicious package was dropped off at the UCLA SAFE Collection Center at 550 Charles E. Read more...
Photo: The university issued a Bruin Alert advising the UCLA community to avoid the area surrounding Strathmore Drive and Charles E. Young Drive West, due to a suspicious package. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated March 11 at 4:40 p.m. The Metro Board amended the budget of The LA Metro Purple Line Extension Project from $1.4 billion to $3.2 billion at its meeting Feb. Read more...
Photo: The Purple Line is currently being extended to connect Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles. The cost of the project was recently raised from $1.4 billion to $3.2 billion. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students can now get around Westwood with electric bicycles. Wheels electric bicycles allow users to access and ride the vehicles using a mobile application, similar to Lime and Bird electric scooters. Read more...
Photo: Wheels electric bicycles come with a foam seat, 14-inch wheels, integrated Bluetooth speakers and swappable replacement parts. Users access the bikes with a mobile application similarly to Bird and Lime scooters. (Elise Tsai/Daily Bruin)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
A referendum to increase housing costs for more programming in north university apartments failed Feb. 27. The referendum, which was created by UCLA Residential Life, would have increased student fees for University Apartments North residents by $38.76 per year. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Residential Life held a referendum asking University Apartments North residents if they wanted to increase student fees in exchange for more programming. 91 percent of voters voted no. (Daily Bruin file photo)
