University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into two UCLA students’ North Village apartment early Wednesday morning. The students, a man and a woman, said a man peeked through their window on Glenrock Avenue at about 4:05 a.m., according to a UCPD alert. The male student said he verbally confronted the […]
Author Archives: Madeleine Pauker
A new school year, a new set of businesses for Westwood Village
Westwood Village’s storefronts may look different to students than they did last spring. As Noodle World, the Glendon Bar and Kitchen and others closed during the summer, new restaurants and stores like Tender Greens, KazuNori and Sur La Table opened, but many recently vacated spaces are still looking for tenants. Many businesses closed because they […]
Westwood BID recap – Sept. 15
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors meets monthly. Executive director Andrew Thomas said the association distributed new […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council recap – Sept. 15
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Janet Turner, a field representative for Congressman Ted Liu’s office, said the city will rename Barrington Park to “Veteran’s Barrington Park,” and will move an existing dog park off its land if an alternate […]
UCPD on the lookout for cellphone thieves
University police are searching for two women who stole a UCLA student’s cell phone last week. The student reported she was walking on Ophir Drive about 2:15 a.m on Sept. 9. when two women approached her from behind. One of the women asked her for the time and grabbed the cellphone when the student produced […]
New BruinTAP card system allows access to two transportation systems
UCLA students and employees can now use one card for two transportation services. UCLA Transportation officials launched the BruinTAP for Transit program Thursday, which will allow students to load their Go Metro passes and BruinGO! Flash passes on a TAP card, a reusable bus and Metro fare card. A BruinGO! Flash pass allows students to […]
UC Regents recap – July 21
The University of California Board of Regents approved a budget for the Geffen Academy and heard updates and testimonies on student food insecurity on the last day of its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco. It also voted to limit the number of board positions outside the UC held by senior management and regents. […]