Los Angeles residents voted Tuesday to fund transportation improvements and solutions to homelessness. Measure M, which would levy a half-cent sales tax to expand LA county transportation systems, passed with almost 70 percent approval. Measure HHH, which would finance the construction of 10,000 housing units for homeless individuals, received 76 percent of the vote. Both […]
Author Archives: Madeleine Pauker
LAPD fires two officers following death of UCLA student
The Los Angeles Police Department fired two officers who visited the apartment of UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco shortly after she was killed in September 2015. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck fired Rhoadell Sudduth in May and Alisha Williams in September, according to documents obtained by CNN. An internal LAPD investigation found both officers […]
UCLA hosts panel to discuss campus safety improvements, gun violence
UCLA and Los Angeles officials reviewed emergency responses to the June 1 murder-suicide and discussed potential improvements at a public panel Thursday. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer moderated the panel at the Charles E. Young Research Library, which featured UCLA Police Chief Manny Garza, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck, West Los Angeles Police Captain […]
New dog park in Westwood to replace existing Barrington location
The city plans to open a dog park at a Westwood recreation center near Santa Monica Boulevard. The dog park will replace playground equipment near Veteran Avenue at the Westwood Recreation Center, said Jasmine Shamolian, a field deputy for Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz. Officials are building the dog park to replace the one […]
Westwood BID recap – Oct. 20
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 installed tree […]
Two Westwood Neighborhood Council members resign, leave open seats
Two members of the Westwood Neighborhood Council recently resigned after moving away from Los Angeles. Eugene Tseng, a rental residential group director, resigned Sep. 23 to serve in the Taiwanese military, said WWNC President Lisa Chapman. Ian Cocroft, also a rental residential group director, resigned Oct. 11 to work at the Democratic National Committee in […]
New report uses UCLA as case study to examine on-campus free speech
A literary organization released a report Monday recommending that American universities support students’ freedom of speech to amplify marginalized voices. The PEN America report argued that student protests support free speech on college campuses unless they prevent others from listening to speakers. PEN America is the largest chapter of PEN International, an organization that aims […]