University police arrested four men on Roebling Avenue Tuesday morning who had stolen property. Police officers confronted the four men at about 4 a.m. because they looked suspicious, said UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein in an email statement. The officers then found stolen items and burglary tools in their car. The items were not from the […]
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Westwood BID recap – July 21
The Westwood Village Improvement Association 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 said the city will repave […]
Westwood Community Council recap – July 19
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Discussion UCLA Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Housing and Hospitality Services Peter Angelis met with the council to answer questions about UCLA’s upcoming plans. Beck also serves on the […]
Two UCPD officers use experiences as combat medic, father to help baby
This post was updated July 24 at 12:15 p.m. University police officers Dan Guajardo and Paul Wells weren’t expecting a baby when they responded to a burglary alarm late June. Guajardo and Wells responded to the alarm at the University Village Apartments a few miles south of campus when a frantic woman ran up to them […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council recap – July 13
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. This was the first meeting led by the new council that was elected in June. LA City Council member Paul Koretz swore in the new council at the beginning of the meeting. The new council then unanimously elected […]
UCLA explores remote control lock system for classroom doors
UCLA officials are looking to install a system that would lock classroom doors remotely, following last month’s murder-suicide. A committee will decide between different lock systems that would allow officials to lock doors from a central location in case of an emergency, said Art Kirkland, director of the Office of Emergency Management. The committee hopes […]
UCPD searching for suspect in second Roebling peeping incident
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a North Village apartment on July 2. A UCLA student confronted a man who was looking into an apartment window at about 11 a.m. on Roebling Avenue, according to a UCPD alert.The man told the student he locked himself out of his apartment […]