In recent months, business owners have spent millions of dollars making changes to their stores in Westwood, from renovating California Pizza Kitchen to building a new UPS Store to moving the apparel store 901Westwood.com to a larger space.
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Santa Monica Big Blue Bus to introduce TAP cards for instant fare payment
Instead of showing IDs or digging through pockets for quarters, students and commuters will soon be able to board the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus by using Transit Access Pass, or TAP, cards. Starting March, Big Blue Bus officials will install mobile validators in some bus lines so commuters can pay their fares when boarding […]
Broxton garage sees welcome increase in short-term parking spaces
The Los Angeles City Council passed a motion last month to reduce the number of long-term parking spots in the Broxton Avenue public parking structure, increasing the availability of free short-term parking in Westwood.
UCLA student dies in Westwood apartment building in possible suicide
This post was updated on Dec. 13 at 5:39 p.m. A UCLA student died in his Westwood apartment early Saturday morning in what police are investigating as a possible suicide. Firefighters found the fourth-year economics student in a smoke-filled room when they responded to what was reported as a structure fire at 1:05 a.m. Saturday, […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council seeks improvements to LAX FlyAway service
The Westwood Neighborhood Council passed a motion Wednesday calling for improved service from the LAX FlyAway shuttle. The FlyAway, an hourly bus service between LAX and Westwood, is popular among UCLA students traveling for university holidays. The resolution asked L.A. city councilmember Paul Koretz to work with Los Angeles World Airports, which owns LAX and […]
Ongoing Tiverton Drive closure creates frustrations for cyclists
The closure of Tiverton Drive for the construction of a new UCLA Health building has drawn criticism from some cyclists and the UCLA Bicycle Academy. The construction of the Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences has been ongoing since September 2013 and is expected to end in fall 2016, according to a university statement. […]
Ralphs renovation includes expanded produce, beer and wine selections
Students shopping at the Ralphs supermarket in Westwood this week will enter a store that has nearly doubled in size, after an expansion to the store opened last week. The 40,000-square-foot expansion will hold a bigger selection of beer, wine, produce and prepared foods, said Tim Manuel, manager of the Westwood Village Ralphs. The renovated […]