On the shelves in a Westwood vintage shop, a cowboy boot-shaped pillow is propped up next to a light brown, miniature piano set on spindly legs. After years of being out of use, vintage items can be given a second home in Westwood. The Little Branch, a new vintage store that opened on Gayley Avenue […]
Author Archives: Ian Stevenson
LADWP lags in improving underground infrastructure after UCLA flood
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said it has not improved its infrastructure because it is still researching new technologies since a water main burst on Sunset Boulevard a year ago and flooded Bruin Plaza and UCLA parking lots. The water main burst flooded 20 million gallons of water onto Bruin Walk and […]
Westwood Gardens Park to undergo renovations by end of summer
The Westwood Gardens Park south of Wilshire Avenue is planned to undergo renovations by the end of this summer, adding exercise equipment, a playground, picnic tables and other enhancements. The new park on Glendon Avenue will also include trees that provide shade, a shade structure and a water fountain, according to the Los Angeles Department […]
Alumni reflect on Martin Luther King’s 1965 speech at UCLA
Neil Reichline, a first-year student in 1965 and Daily Bruin staffer, sat at the top of the Janss Steps, overlooking the crowd in Wilson Plaza. He said he remembers how unique Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at UCLA was compared to his other addresses. “It was not the rabble-rousing, church-sermon, ‘Amen, brother!’ sort of speech […]
Author Eric Hall talks state of black students in 1960s Westwood, UCLA
Martin Luther King’s speech came at a time when Westwood may not have been as friendly to the Civil Rights Movement as activists on campus were. While Westwood in the 1960s had businesses and landlords who refused service to students of color, UCLA was struggling to include the burgeoning diversity in its campus community, said […]
UC holds fifth Global Health Day event at UCLA
T-cells clamped down onto individual breast cancer cells, invading them as a triumphant Star Wars score played over the speakers. The T-cells emerged victorious from the battle, causing audience members to chuckle. The battle, part of a slideshow, played during UCLA engineering professor Patrick Soon-Shiong’s speech about ways emerging technology can be used to treat […]
Syrian civil war continues to take toll on UCLA students
Rawan Naji’s uncle was waiting with his family in Damascus, the capital of Syria, for their American visas when the Syrian government bombed a civilian area that included his two children’s clothing factories, which burned to the ground in 2014. Naji, a third-year political science student, said her uncle and his family had planned to […]