LAPD searches for man responsible for multiple robberies

Police are searching for a man who has robbed six people in Westwood Village since September. The man hides a cellphone in his jacket pocket and presses it against people’s backs, pretending it’s a handgun, said Alexander Schlegel, a West Los Angeles robbery detective. The man has robbed a grocery clerk, people using ATMs and […]

Community members volunteer to count Westwood’s homeless population

Volunteers walked the streets of Westwood to count the homeless population, as most residents left the Village’s restaurants and hookah bars. More than 50 Westwood community members counted 115 individuals, vehicles and shelters in the area bordered by Santa Monica Boulevard and Highway 405, up by 31 from last year. Westwood officials organized the count, […]

LAX allows Uber to pick up passengers at airport

Students arriving at Los Angeles International Airport can use the ride-sharing service Uber to return to Westwood Village. Los Angeles World Airports, or LAWA, allowed Uber to pick up passengers from LAX beginning Thursday. LAWA, the city’s airport operations department, previously allowed the company to drop off but not pick up passengers at the airport. […]

Proposals may expand Pell Grant by $2B, fund more Bruins

Students may have more funding as part of the Pell Grant program announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education. The department announced two proposals that will expand the $29 billion Pell Grant program by $2 billion in October, pending congressional approval. The On-Track Pell Bonus would reward students taking at least 15 units per […]

Westwood crime rate increases 22 pct. in 2015, first spike since 2003

Criminal activity in Westwood increased by 22 percent in 2015, the first increase in crime rates since 2003, police officials said. Thefts and robberies account for most of the increase, said Chris Ragsdale, the Los Angeles Police Department’s lead officer for Westwood, at last week’s Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting. The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly […]

UCLA study finds protein buildup may contribute to Alzheimer’s

A UCLA School of Nursing study concluded that a protein buildup in the brain’s synapses impairs memory recall and development, and may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. Karen Gylys, who is a nursing professor, and her research team compared cognitively normal brains against brains with dementia. Alzheimer’s patients’ brains had higher concentrations of the protein amyloid […]

State law allows UCPD to wear body cameras

University police officers will begin wearing body cameras by late 2016, in accordance with a new law that went into effect Friday allowing California university police to use them. The University of California is working with all 10 campus police chiefs to introduce the cameras before the end of the year, said James Herren, UCLA […]