The movie premiere capital of the world is known for producing glamorous parades and festivals for Hollywood’s A-list movie stars, but often at the cost of Westwood Village’s small businesses keeping the town alive on a day-to-day basis. Local merchants have continued to express frustration with the closing of Westwood streets due to film shootings […]
Author Archives: Michael Jahina
Village cooks up new flavor
Westwood Village is upgrading its palate as a plethora of new restaurants have come in or plan to move in within the next month. Six restaurants are entering the Village, each looking to add its own distinct taste to the neighborhood’s flavor. “It helps revitalize the Village,” said Jay Handal, president of the West Los […]
Fire scorches Westwood fertility clinic
A fire erupted in the Tyler Medical Clinic on Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue on Thursday evening shortly before 7 p.m. The third-floor fertility clinic suffered significant damage, and the first and second floors of the 921 Westwood Blvd. building had severe water damage. The Los Angeles Fire Department deployed 20 fire companies making […]
College students already taking care of business
Students who expect to be atop the next wave in corporate America once they graduate will engage in extreme competition with their peers ““ those who have already put in gear their enterprising dreams and have decided to pursue their business ventures now. “Those of us with innovative ideas and the drive for financial success […]
Unemployment in law profession rises in 2002, economy blamed
A rise in law unemployment has marred the fail-safe image of attaining a career in the legal field. The U.S. Department of Labor reported that unemployment in the law industry escalated by 50 percent in 2002 compared to the previous year. As the law unemployment rate rose to 1.2 percent, the Labor Department reported that […]
Sexual assault awareness rises on UCLA campus
In light of the alleged rapes by three Carson High School students in De Neve Plaza last December, sexual assault has become a growing concern on campus. “The rapes of last year have changed the mind-set of probably every female at UCLA,” said Daisy Tran, a second-year comparative literature student. Fear for one’s personal safety […]
ASUCLA, participants find festival beneficial
The eighth annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books brought a springtime buzz to the UCLA campus while giving the Associated Students of UCLA a much-needed financial boost. Book authors, publishers and distributors altogether considered the event a resounding success. “It’s the most voracious book buying in the United States,” said Dennis Hayes of Ten […]