Westwood Flower Garden blossoms for UCLA valentines

Upon entering Westwood Flower Garden, customers are greeted by a love ballad from the 1960s crooning through the speakers and the overpowering aroma of fresh flowers. The staff buzz around behind the counter, occupied with last-minute rose stem trimming and bouquet wrapping in preparation for the store’s busiest 24 hours – Valentine’s Day. During the week leading […]

New clothing, accessory stores pop up in Westwood Village

Several new clothing or accessory stores are set to open in Westwood in the coming months. One store is returning to Westwood after participating in Arts ReSTORE LA: Westwood, which allowed temporary “pop-up” shops to open in vacant storefronts in November. Another shop, a women’s boutique called MODLOOK 29, permanently opened in Westwood on Jan. […]

CVS to stop sales of tobacco products

CVS Caremark announced Wednesday it would stop the sale of all tobacco products at its branch stores, including its Westwood location. The second-largest national pharmacy chain will no longer shelve cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 U.S. stores by Oct. 1. CVS will also launch a program with online and in-store […]

Westwood family jewelry making business approaches 50th year

Straightening the tortoise shell-rimmed glasses over the bridge of her nose, she eases herself onto the seat in front of her work table and picks up the scalpel with her fair, wrinkled hands to cut the sheet of wax. She adjusts the red rusting lamp that hovers over the desk, which is cluttered with hand-worn […]