Author Archives: Nicolas Taborek

City councilman Jack Weiss met with concerned Westwood business owners Thursday to discuss the possible yearlong closure of Glendon Avenue to accommodate a development project. The project, proposed by Casden Properties, would be a $100 million residential and retail facility, located at Glendon and Tiverton avenues. Developers’ plans to close Glendon Avenue during construction of […]

Wiggum’s Roadhouse, a restaurant and bar, will open Saturday at the old site of Madison’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill, which closed last year. Although the new restaurant will occupy the same address on Broxton Avenue as Madison’s did, it will have little else in common with the old establishment, said Leigh Slawner, the new owner. […]

After living in Los Angeles nearly 50 years, Shelley Taylor, founder of the North Village Improvement Committee, will leave Westwood next month in favor of a slower-paced life in the Pacific Northwest. Since its creation, Taylor’s group has initiated many improvements to the North Village, a residential area west of the UCLA campus and enclosed […]

Elizabeth Brooks, whose Butterfly Bakery closed in February, died March 26 at the UCLA Medical Center of a brain hemorrhage or possible stroke she had suffered three days earlier. She was 73. The Butterfly on Westwood Boulevard opened in 1973 and remained popular among locals and celebrities until its close, though recent increases in rent […]

A Los Angeles City planning commission unanimously approved revised plans for a controversial Westwood development project on Thursday. The new plans, submitted by Casden Properties, reflect several major concessions to those who oppose the project. The proposed project is a $100 million residential and retail structure that would be located at Glendon and Tiverton avenues. […]

Though recycling has become increasingly convenient for on-campus residents over the past decade, many students living in Westwood Village apartments remain without access to recycling services. The City of Los Angeles provides curbside pickup of recyclables for every address in addition to regular trash collection but does not offer collection service for dumpsters. Those living […]

Orville Chapman, a distinguished researcher and educator in the UCLA chemistry department, died last month. He was 71. Colleagues say he was unique in his equal dedication to both aspects of his career ““ teaching and researching. “Dr. Chapman was a nationally acclaimed research chemist known for his strong commitment to quality undergraduate education,” said […]