Jayesh Menon became motivated to fight homelessness after witnessing a homeless woman begging for food with her infant daughter in Westwood Village last summer. “Everyone around us (was) ignoring her,” he said. “And that just really struck me, and that’s why I decided, you know, I should do something about this.” This led Menon, a […]
Category Archives: Westwood
Westwood residents in disagreement over whether new soccer field should be built
Westwood residents debated adding a new soccer field to Westwood Park at a meeting Thursday. Hundreds of residents packed the Westwood Recreation Center to discuss a plan to replace a large portion of an open grass field with a fenced, public regulation-size synthetic soccer field named after Tommy Mark, a youth soccer player who died […]
NWWNC to sponsor chamber orchestra performance for Westwood residents, students
Students and Westwood residents can attend a free chamber orchestra concert next year. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council awarded Kaleidoscope, a conductorless chamber orchestra, a $5,000 neighborhood purpose grant at a meeting May 8 to hold a free concert in Westwood in the coming year. Kaleidoscope has performed in Westwood locations before, including in Powell […]
Palisociety hotel opens for UCLA students, families in Westwood Village
A new hotel opened in Westwood this month. Palisociety, a real estate development and hospitality operating company, opened the Palihotel in Westwood Village on May 8. The Palihotel occupies the same building as the former Claremont Hotel, which was established in 1939 and was the first hotel in Westwood before it was sold in 2017. […]
Community improvement projects to beautify neglected streets of Westwood
Westwood residents will soon enjoy flowers and cleaner sidewalks on a stretch of Westwood Boulevard. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council approved $4,000 in funding for two Westwood Boulevard beautification projects at a meeting May 8. The Los Angeles Conservation Corps, a nonprofit organization, will be conducting the improvements. The Los Angeles City Council approved the […]
Places for the People event aims to enliven underused area of Westwood
Students walking in Westwood will be able to stop for a break and refreshments on the corner of Le Conte Avenue and Westwood Boulevard on June 5. Places for the People, an event hosted jointly by the North Westwood Neighborhood Council and the Graduate Student Association, will provide shaded seating, food and games such as […]
The Centennial Issue: History of Westwood
The Village is quiet. Blinking lights illuminate “Westwood” on top of the observatory tower overlooking the undeveloped land of Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres in 1925. Decades later, Westwood is crowded with students, residents and travelers in line for the next big movie premiere. And yet in the following years, the Village goes quiet […]