405 Freeway’s Montana Avenue off-ramp to permanently close

The Montana Avenue exit off of the northbound 405 Freeway will close permanently by Monday morning, officials said. The change is part of an ongoing construction project that is meant to ease traffic on the 405 Freeway by adding a lane and rebuilding several on- and off-ramps. The additional lane would have significantly shortened the […]

LAFD treats recent fires in Westood as criminal investigation

A blaze that scorched several of the bottom floors of a local apartment building is one of several recent Westwood fires that officials are investigating as arsons. The Los Angeles Fire Department Arson Unit is investigating two incidents on Midvale Avenue near Strathmore Drive – one on Monday and one on Saturday – according to […]

Family-owned Westwood jewelry business spans generations

Plush maroon carpets and gleaming glass cases filled with necklaces and earrings of silver and gold fill the intimate front room of Sarah Leonard Fine Jewelers on Westwood Boulevard. Sarah “Sunny” Friedman and her husband Leonard, or “Lenny,” smile side by side in a photograph that looks over the family business from the top of […]

Dean of UCLA’s public health school inducted to Institute of Medicine

Jody Heymann began to better understand the relationship between working conditions and health while working in a fishery in Tanzania as a Peace Corps volunteer. “I met families where a parent had recurrent malaria, and they were not well enough to take care of their kids,” she said. “I met families whose working conditions affected […]

ASUCLA Board of Directors meeting recap: Oct. 25

Associated Students UCLA is a multimillion-dollar organization that provides student services and activities that the university does not fund and oversees the Undergraduate Students Association Council, Graduate Students Association, Communications Board, campus services and enterprises. PROPOSALS Adam Swart, undergraduate representative, proposed a “nap room” on the third floor of Kerckhoff Hall to revitalize the lounge […]

Students have mixed reactions to Bruin Plate

As a vegetarian living on the Hill last year, Connie Ho often found herself unsatisfied with the meat substitutes offered in most dining halls. With such limited choices, she said she had to get creative with what meat-free options meals she could put together. Since the opening of Bruin Plate, the Hill’s first health-themed dining […]

Food law group has taste for studying policy, hosting produce drop-offs

Developing allergies to dairy and eggs forced Scarlettah Schaefer to start paying attention to food labels. She began to understand how much she still had to learn about where her food came from. “I was always a foodie, but when I started reading labels, I realized there was a lot I didn’t (know),” Schaefer said. […]