Crime levels drops across Los Angeles for eleventh year

Crime levels across Los Angeles dropped for the 11th straight year in 2013, though it is too early to tell if crime rates have dropped similarly in the Westwood area. The Los Angeles Police Department’s 2013 figures tallied data from a category of crimes that includes murder, rape, arson and burglary. Crime rates in this […]

New Calif. committee to review college hate crime policies

A new state committee will investigate how to reduce hate crimes and student harassment at state universities, including the University of California. Calif. Assembly Speaker John Pérez, D-Los Angeles, announced the Select Committee on Campus Climate on Wednesday. The group will hold hearings and evaluate UC, California State University and community college policies for responding […]

Dry ice explosion at UCLA under police investigation

A dry ice explosion went off in Shapiro Fountain on the top of Janss Steps early on Monday, according to a university police report. Two women and three men put the dry ice explosives in and around the fountain just after 1 a.m., according to the report. Police determined the explosion was not a terrorist […]