The Beverly Hills Unified School District filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday to halt Purple Line extension’s construction. The district is concerned that construction could potentially harm Beverly Hills High School and its students’ health and safety and is calling on Metro to properly analyze the environmental impacts […]
Category Archives: Westwood
UCLA Transportation partners with uberPOOL to create flat-rate promotion
Students can travel anywhere within a five-mile radius from campus for a flat rate of $5.99 starting Thursday. To use the service, students will need to register or update their Uber accounts with their UCLA emails and apply a promotion code, which is available on the UCLA Transportation website and will also be sent out […]
City proposes extra steps for neighborhood council applications
The Los Angeles City Council may add additional steps for groups looking to form new neighborhood councils in the city. The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, which oversees neighborhood councils, proposed changes Jan. 19 to the city’s subdivision ordinance, which allows neighborhood councils to split apart. Under the new rules, the department would be required to […]
Repeal of alcohol prohibitions may benefit new Westwood businesses
Future Westwood businesses may have an easier time serving alcohol in their restaurants. The Westwood Neighborhood Council voted to remove its 32 sample alcohol conditions, which new businesses must agree to when they apply for an alcohol permit, at its Jan. 12 meeting. The council replaced the sample conditions with conditions from the California Department […]
Video: Dog park opens at Westwood Recreation Center
A dog park opened at the Westwood Recreation Center in December. The Daily Bruin’s Victor Rocha explores the new dog-friendly venue.
Westwoof: Dog park opens at neighborhood recreation center
Dogs have a new place to run around following the opening of a new dog park in Westwood. The city opened a dog park at the Westwood Recreation Center on Dec. 18 to replace the Barrington Recreation Center dog park which closed in 2016, said Rose Watson, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – Jan. 18
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, executive director of the association, said the […]