Two graduate students filed a federal lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents Thursday, alleging UCLA officials did not adequately address complaints that a professor sexually harassed them. Nefertiti Takla and Kristen Glasgow, both graduate students in history, alleged history professor Gabriel Piterberg sexually harassed them, including making unwelcome sexual comments and advances, […]
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UCPD looking for man responsible for sexual assault attempt on student
University police are searching for a man who attempted to grab a UCLA student’s buttocks outside De Neve Plaza Sunday evening. The student was walking on the De Neve Plaza crosswalk about 4:30 p.m. when an unknown man tried to grab her, according to police logs. The man made no physical contact. The man was […]
LA Mayor Garcetti signs minimum wage measure into law
Mayor Eric Garcetti signed into law Saturday a Los Angeles City Council proposal that will gradually increase the city’s minimum wage every year to $15 an hour by 2020. Garcetti signed the measure at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in South Los Angeles. The signing included a ceremony attended by business and labor leaders and […]
VA seeks to develop master plan to revitalize West LA campus
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs chose three firms Thursday to form a master plan intended to revitalize its West Los Angeles campus. The VA chose design firm HOK and construction firms The Walsh Group and Core Companies to create a master plan due Oct. 16 that the VA hopes will prioritize permanent and […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council recap – June 10
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Los Angeles Police Department patrol officer Matthew Ensley said several Special Olympics World Summer Games events are expected to increase traffic near Westwood Village and UCLA. Almost 7000 athletes will fly into LAX on July 21, and will […]
Student reports sexual assault on the Hill
University police are searching for a man who penetrated a UCLA student with his fingers in a dorm room on the Hill early Saturday. The man walked into the room about 1:30 a.m. and penetrated the student, who did not initially resist because she thought the man was an acquaintance, according to a UCPD statement. […]
New apartment buildings in North Village put focus on design
The green and white metal building on Strathmore Avenue, surrounded by drought-resistant plants, stands out from other North Village apartments in the area.