The Expo Line will begin stopping on Westwood Boulevard on its way to Santa Monica starting May 20, Los Angeles County Metro officials announced Thursday. The train, which currently operates between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, will add seven new stations, including one on Westwood Boulevard a few blocks south of Pico Boulevard. The […]
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Graduate student’s costumes take the stage in opera production
Ruoxuan Li’s costume design takes the form of dresses in green and pink plaid and elegant velvet coats on the stage of “Cosi Fan Tutte.” She feels she shines whenever she makes actors on stage shine through her costume designs. “Costume design is not just about making pretty dresses or fancy stuff,” Li said. “It’s […]
LA 2024 releases new bid book with updates on proposed UCLA venues
Three, instead of four, UCLA venues will host the Olympic Games events in 2024 if Los Angeles secures the bid, according to an updated plan released Tuesday. Drake Stadium, previously one of two venues that would host field hockey, would instead serve as a training facility for the athletes, according to the updated bid book. […]
UCPD investigating report of on-campus sexual battery
University police reported a man grabbed a UCLA student’s breasts and buttocks in a residence hall Thursday night. The student told UCPD she was visiting a friend in Rieber Hall on Thursday about 7 p.m. when a man she knew inappropriately touched her, according to a UCPD alert. The man was described as black, 18 […]
UCPD holds training program for handling active shooter situations
University police held a training program beginning last month in Pauley Pavilion to teach UCLA employees how to react to active shooter situations. Janina Montero, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, reached out to UCPD and asked officers to train about 15,000 employees in student affairs departments, such as UCLA Recreation, UCLA Athletics and Residential […]
President Barack Obama’s visit to cause road closures in Westwood
Several roads around Westwood will be closed Thursday night and Friday morning while President Barack Obama visits West Los Angeles, police said. He will stay in the W Hotel – West Beverly Hills on Hilgard Avenue, one block southeast of UCLA, for one night. Obama is traveling to the area to attend Democratic fundraisers and […]
UCLA allows professor in ongoing Title IX lawsuit to resume teaching
A UCLA history professor involved in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit reached an agreement with UCLA that will allow him to return to teach. Gabriel Piterberg was suspended last spring quarter without pay and resigned from his position as director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies last May, after two graduate students filed sexual […]