Category Archives: Westwood

New restaurant spices up the pizza scene in Westwood Village

A new pizza restaurant in Westwood is serving up Italian and New York-style food. King of New York Pizza opened at the corner of Gayley and Kinross avenues April 3. The restaurant is influenced by both Italian and New York styles of pizza to cater to more customers, said Skyler Browning, manager of Kony Pizza. […]

Vote to create new Westwood neighborhood council to be held May 22

Students and Westwood community members will be able to vote for a new neighborhood council May 22. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, homeowners and business owners, submitted an application to create a new neighborhood council in December, arguing the current WWNC does not adequately represent students or address their concerns. The Department of Neighborhood […]

Part of Sunset Boulevard to be inaccessible for resurfacing

A portion of Sunset Boulevard will be restricted to two lanes over the weekend because of street resurfacing. The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services will cold plane and resurface the portion of the street from Westwood Plaza to Veteran Avenue, according to a media release. This section of Sunset Boulevard will be […]

Sydney Kamlager to represent Westwood as new state assembly member

Sydney Kamlager will be the representative for the state assembly district representing Westwood, following a special election Tuesday. Los Angeles County voters from parts of West Los Angeles, including Culver City, Inglewood, Baldwin Hills and Westwood, voted in Kamlager, a Democrat and president of the LA Community College District Board, as the next assembly member […]

BruinBus to add new stops, modify routes to improve service quality

BruinBus plans to change its routes and add additional stops starting April 16. BruinBus, a year-round bus service students and faculty can use to travel around campus and areas near UCLA, will operate two new routes in clockwise and counterclockwise loops, according to UCLA Transportation. The new U1 route, replacing the campus shuttle, will operate […]

Kopan Ramen expands to Westwood, serves up bold options for students

Students can now slurp up ramen at another restaurant in Westwood. Kopan Ramen, a restaurant that serves Japanese-style noodles with meat broth, opened its 10th location in Westwood on March 27. The restaurant specializes in tonkotsu, which is pork bone ramen, and has 10 locations in Southern California. It also offers veggie ramen. Harry Lee, […]