Westwood Village officials warned businesses Wednesday about a man who pretended to inspect a fire extinguisher in a business and then asked for money. Andrew Thomas, executive director of the Westwood Village Improvement Association, said the man walked into a business and asked to inspect the fire extinguisher. After he finished his inspection, he gave […]
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LA County to vote on sales tax increase for Metro funding
Los Angeles County residents will vote in November whether to increase the sales tax to fund major public transit projects. LA County Metro officials voted Thursday to put the 0.5 percent sales tax increase on the Nov. 8 ballot. The tax increase would raise about $800 million annually and requires a two-thirds vote to pass. […]
Yamato closes after nine years of service in Westwood Village
Yamato, a Japanese restaurant, closed on June 11 after almost nine years in Westwood Village. The restaurant was located in the Janss Investment Company Building on the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue. The building’s landlord has begun looking for a new tenant to fill the restaurant space, said Suzanne Laff, a broker for […]
Two dead in murder-suicide on UCLA campus
This post was updated June 1 at 11:21 p.m. Two people died in a murder-suicide at UCLA’s Engineering IV building early Wednesday, police said. The shooting took place in a small office around 10 a.m., said Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck at a press conference. Both the shooter and another person died at […]
Throwback Thursday, Week 9: The freeway that almost was
If you’ve ever jogged down Sunset Boulevard, you may have felt like you’re running next to a highway. More than 50 years ago, that might have become reality. In the 1950s and 1960s, the state wanted to build a freeway connecting the 405 Freeway with the 101 Freeway near Hollywood that would have passed through […]
UCLA Transportation launches bike exchange program for faculty, staff
Staff and faculty can now exchange a parking permit for a free $400 coupon for a bicycle as a part of a new UCLA Transportation program. UCLA Transportation officials launched the Earn-a-Bike program May 16, allowing staff and faculty who have a quarterly parking permit to exchange the coupon for a hybrid or mountain bicycle […]
UCLA employee files lawsuit alleging UCPD racially profiled him
This post was updated May 26 at 3:21 p.m. A UCLA employee accused university police of racially profiling him during a 2014 arrest in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Claudius Gaines, a UCLA Facilities Management worker, alleged a UCPD officer assaulted and falsely imprisoned him during a traffic stop in the North Village in 2014 because […]