An empty lot across the street from UCLA on Gayley Avenue officially opened to the public Monday as Westwood’s only food truck parking lot. The lot was met with an outpouring of support from hungry customers and backlash from Westwood business leaders who question its legality. The Westwood Village Food Truck Lot, on the corner […]
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Ackerman Union sees opening of new optometry center
The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center opened a new student optometry store in Ackerman Union on Tuesday, doubling its selection of glasses and making its optometry services available to faculty and staff for the first time. The brightly lit store, named U See LA Optometry, is tucked in the back of the UCLA […]
State minimum wage increase raises pay for some UCLA employees
The California minimum wage increased by $1 to $9 an hour on Tuesday, affecting thousands of workers across the state, including those on campus. The change will lead to an increase in pay for as many as 1,000 part-time and intermittent student and recreation workers, said UCLA spokesman Tod Tamberg in an email statement. The […]
UCSA holds conference on allegations against student regent-designate
Members of the University of California Student Association held an emergency conference call Tuesday afternoon to discuss allegations of a conflict of interest and lack of transparency in campaign finances that were brought against Avi Oved, the student regent-designate nominee for the UC Board of Regents. About 100 student public commenters spoke during the two-hour […]
Student’s laptop stolen from Sigma Nu fraternity house
A UCLA student’s laptop was stolen from his room in the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Gayley Avenue last weekend. The laptop was taken between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, according to university police logs. Forrest Lee, a third-year electrical engineering student, said he left his laptop in his closet when he went […]
Class designs website mapping unsafe campus “hotspots”
Students identified what they described as eight unsafe “hotspots” on the UCLA campus in a website created last quarter for an honors class. They also suggested ways the university could improve campus safety in response to violent crimes around UCLA. The website, called “Policies for a Safer Campus,” listed eight places on campus that the […]
Power restored to North Village residents after Westwood outage
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. About 4,500 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers in Westwood and surrounding areas were affected at the peak of the outage, said Kim Hughes, a department spokeswoman. […]