Five UCLA alumni are running for Assembly District 54 delegate positions with the California Democratic Party. Andrew Lewis, Lindsay Carlson, Isaac Bryan, Naomi Goldman and David Bocarsly are all candidates on the Grassroots Progressives slate, which endorses nine other candidates. A total of 38 candidates are running for the 14 positions in Assembly District 54. […]
Category Archives: Westwood
Proposed policy would improve working conditions for Westwood retail employees
Retail workers in Westwood may be able to work more predictable hours and receive improved workplace benefits due to a proposed labor policy. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council voted in its Jan. 9 meeting to show its preliminary support for the policies of Fair Workweek LA, a coalition promoting fairer working conditions for retail workers. […]
City Council changes speed limits to aid traffic law enforcement, improve safety
More than a hundred streets across Los Angeles will have new speed limits starting Sunday. LA City Council members unanimously voted to raise and lower speed limits for roughly 114 miles of streets in the greater Los Angeles area Dec. 11. City officials adjusted these limits partly to make sure they are still compatible with […]
Tree falls on Veteran and Levering due to heavy wind, damages cars
A tree fell near the corner of Veteran and Levering avenues Monday night. An LAPD officer said the tree fell at around 6:30 p.m. due to heavy wind and damaged a car parked nearby. Another car was damaged because the driver failed to see the fallen tree in the dark and drove over it. The […]
Google to establish new offices near Westwood Expo Line stop
Google will establish a new campus near UCLA in two years. Google has leased the converted Westside Pavilion shopping mall in West Los Angeles, now called One Westside, and plans to turn it into its new 584,000-square-foot campus. The 14-year lease will begin when construction, which will start later this year, is completed in 2022, […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – Jan. 17
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 the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors meets monthly. Andrew Thomas, the association’s executive director, said the Westwood […]
Environmental group gains support for regulating oil drilling in LA communities
An environmental advocacy group is trying to end oil drilling near neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling Los Angeles, an environmental group advocating against oil drilling in Los Angeles, was endorsed by the North Westwood Neighborhood Council at their January meeting. STAND-LA plans to urge the Los Angeles City Council to enact […]