About 100 residents at a retirement home in Westwood Village have until November to move out of their units to allow for an extensive renovation of the building. Watermark Retirement Communities, a company based in Arizona, bought the Vintage Westwood retirement community building on Tiverton Avenue in October, said Jill Hofer, a spokesperson for the […]
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Power outage affects Westwood businesses, residents
More than 200 residents and businesses are without power after an outage in Westwood on Sunday night. Power went out at about 7:55 p.m., said a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokesperson. The outage affected traffic lights on Gayley Avenue and businesses such as Chevron and In-N-Out. Repair crews are expected to fix […]
Trial for alleged murderers of UCLA student postponed
The trial for the two men accused of murdering UCLA student Andrea DelVesco in September 2015 has been pushed until early next year. Eric Marquez, a former UCLA student, and Alberto Medina, a former Fresno State University student, were arrested last year in connection with DelVesco’s death. DelVesco was found dead in her Roebling Avenue […]
Album review: ‘4 Your Eyez Only’
Hip-hop fans knew Christmas was here when J. Cole announced last week that he would drop a new album following two years of radio silence. After the release of his double-platinum success “2014 Forest Hills Drive,” on Friday, Cole dropped “4 Your Eyez Only,” an album that explores topics he’s dealt with in the past […]
Westwood, year in review: Momentum for change needs to continue
One step at a time, Westwood Village is on the path to becoming great again. From the 1930s to the 1980s, Westwood was one of Los Angeles’ most popular shopping districts. After a shooting and the rise of other shopping centers in the city, businesses left Westwood and it was neglected for some time, leaving […]
Professors discuss predicted impact of Trump immigration policies on LA
UCLA professors expect President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies to have little effect on Los Angeles. City officials will develop a plan to protect the city’s undocumented residents in response to Trump’s anti-immigration platform. In his campaign, Trump promised to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants from the country. He also said he would remove federal […]
Westwood BID recap – Nov. 17
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, 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 […]