Westwood Village will soon be home to the first Los Angeles franchise of the popular Midwestern sandwich chain Jimmy John’s. The restaurant will open in August in a vacant space on Westwood Boulevard next to D’Amore’s Pizza, just north of Lindbrook Drive, said Rick Chancellor, western region vice president for the McDevitt Company. Jimmy John’s […]
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UCPD searches for man peering into shower stalls in Sproul Hall
University police are searching for a man who peered into women’s shower stalls in Sproul Hall last week, according to a UCPD statement. A student told police Thursday she was taking a shower at 3 p.m and saw a man looking at her over the shower stall door. A second student said she saw somebody hold […]
Two men attempt to steal student’s wallet in North Village
Two men attempted to steal a UCLA student’s wallet in the North Village early Sunday morning, according to a university policereport. The student was walking westbound on Ophir Drive near Glenrock Avenue about 2 a.m. Sunday when a four-door sedan approached him, according to the report. The 1990s sedan was either light silver or gold […]
USAC councilmember facing sexual battery charges released on bond
Undergraduate student government officer Omar Arce, who is facing sexual battery and other charges, was released on bond Sunday morning. Arce was released from the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles about 3 a.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He was being held on $50,000 bail. He pleaded not guilty […]
UCLA student government officer to be arraigned on multiple charges
Undergraduate student government officer Omar Arce will be charged with three counts of sexual battery, one count of battery and one count of false imprisonment at his arraignment Friday afternoon, according to a Los Angeles City Attorney’s office spokesman. If he is convicted of all charges, he could face a maximum sentence of four and a half […]
Occidental Petroleum to split company, move to Houston
Occidental Petroleum, the largest public company in Los Angeles, recently announced it will move its headquarters to Houston from its current location in Westwood Village, in the building adjacent to the UCLA Hammer Museum. Only three Fortune 500 companies will remain headquartered in Los Angeles after the company, which is commonly known as Oxy, completes […]
Crime levels drops across Los Angeles for eleventh year
Crime levels across Los Angeles dropped for the 11th straight year in 2013, though it is too early to tell if crime rates have dropped similarly in the Westwood area. The Los Angeles Police Department’s 2013 figures tallied data from a category of crimes that includes murder, rape, arson and burglary. Crime rates in this […]