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Westwood’s competition: The rise and fall of the Village’s business

Editor’s note: Like many locals, I’ve shopped all around Los Angeles – the Grove, Santa Monica Place, the Beverly Center and a handful of other malls – but never in Westwood. In this second installation of a series on Westwood’s rise, decline and future, we look at Westwood’s business competitors. Even though I’ve lived in […]

Westwood, for rent: The Village’s past and present

Editor’s note: This is the first in a weekly series about the rise, decline and future of Westwood Village, a historic Los Angeles business district located near some of the wealthiest areas of the city: Bel Air, Brentwood and Beverly Hills. City editor Roberto Luna Jr. looks into the reasons for Westwood’s oft-discusseddecline and what, if […]

UCPD searching for man seen peeping into UCLA student’s apartment

University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a UCLA student’s North Village apartment Friday night. A third-year psychology student said a man peeked into her third-floor apartment bathroom window on Kelton Avenue about 9 p.m. She said she went outside after she saw him, but the man ran down stairs […]

Man accused of brandishing gun at UCLA student in Westwood

University police are searching for two men, one of whom brandished a firearm at a UCLA student and her friend in Westwood Village early Friday. The student reported that two men approached her and her friend about 1:30 a.m. on Hilgard and Le Conte avenues and asked if the student and her friend wanted to […]

LAPD visited UCLA student’s building hours before finding her body

Police launched an internal investigation after discovering officers had earlier visited the apartment building of the UCLA student found dead in her residence on Sept. 21. Officers arrived at Andrea DelVesco’s Roebling Avenue apartment building and then left early in the morning, said Ricardo Hernandez, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. When police responded to […]

UCLA purchases Occidental Petroleum building for more than $92M

UCLA has purchased the 16-story office building that houses the Hammer Museum on the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards, officials announced Monday. The building, which formerly housed Occidental Petroleum headquarters, was sold for more than $92 million. The Hammer Museum also struck a deal with the oil and gas company so that the museum […]