Upscale restaurants near UCLA anticipate seeing a variety of new customers in the two-week long dineL.A. Restaurant Week starting Monday, offering special menu items at reduced prices. The event, which occurs every January and July, began in 2008 and grew to over 250 restaurants across Los Angeles. Six restaurants in Westwood Village will participate this […]
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LA Metro officials will vote on contract for bike-sharing program
Los Angeles County Metro Planning and Programming Committee approved a contract Wednesday to implement the city’s first bike-sharing program, but the plan will not include Westwood Village because of the officials’ preference for other areas. Bike-sharing programs allow people to borrow bikes for a fee from docking stations in participating communities and return them to […]
New water pipes to be installed under Sunset Boulevard, Hilgard Avenue
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will begin installing new water pipes under Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue next month, causing reduction of lanes on both streets and some other traffic-related changes. The new pipes are part of LADWP’s plan to continue water delivery to communities affected by the installation of a cover […]
UCLA students receive grant to fund development projects
After a year of severe stomach pains, doctors diagnosed Jessa Culver with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, and finally gave her the proper treatment. Her experience ignited in her a desire to prevent others from experiencing similar physical pains due to health complications. Her passion for development projects led her […]
Former UN ambassador talked past and current inefficiency of the UN
At a lecture Wednesday morning, John Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, said he thinks military action, instead of compromise, would best address Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons. “(Military action) is the only other option, (besides compromise and sanctions) at this point,” Bolton said during the lecture. Iran’s nuclear program has been […]
Hong Kong student-activist called for support from UCLA students
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for more information. A student activist who led a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong last year called for more civil disobedience in the city and for support from UCLA students at a discussion Sunday on campus. […]