It’s 1944 in Los Angeles. A couple dressed in glittery evening wear strolls into the glamorous Carnesale Club, where they are greeted by four detectives in the midst of an investigation: catching the killer of a Hollywood legend. This play, “Murder in the Key of G” – the first completely student-run murder mystery program from […]
Author Archives: Eliza Blackorby
Family brings Italian flavors to Westwood with Nik Nik Grill
One of the brothers mans the cash register as customers chat in a room designed by his two sisters. Meanwhile, their brother prepares drink orders as the father stands in the kitchen, watching over the food from grill to table. Nik Nik Grill, named after owner Roberto Marino’s 2-year-old grandson, opened in December on Westwood […]
Center hosts panel on Islamic State group, Yazidi massacre
UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies will host a panel Thursday presenting two professors’ perspectives on the Islamic State group and the group’s massacre of the Yazidi religious minority group. The Islamic State group, which controls parts of Syria and Iraq and is considered a terrorist group by the U.S. government, has been increasing its […]
LA Homeless Services Authority to survey Westwood homeless population
Students and community members will help the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority in Westwood determine the number of homeless individuals in the area Wednesday, as part of the organization’s survey of L.A. County’s homeless population and demographics.
Former UCLA Anderson School employee sentenced to 3 years in prison
A Los Angeles judge sentenced a former UCLA employee Thursday to three years in state prison for sexual battery and taking “upskirt photos” of fellow employees. Jumaane Peterson, 41, pleaded guilty to a felony count of possession of illegally obtained photos and misdemeanor counts of inappropriately touching a woman, classified as sexual battery, and use […]
TFT unveils Darren Star Screening Room in Melnitz Hall
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television unveiled the Darren Star Screening Room Friday for use by students, staff and faculty. The small, burgundy and grey-walled room seats 54 people in a movie theater setting with low lighting, sloping walkways and leather seats. The screening room, located in the film school’s Melnitz Hall, had not […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council approves design for new fraternity house
The Westwood Neighborhood Council approved a possible design Wednesday for a new fraternity house on Gayley Avenue, the latest step in the multiple-year project to develop the empty lot. The house will be built at the site of the old Zeta Psi fraternity house, 611 Gayley Ave., which has been uninhabited since 2005. In the […]