The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to remove Columbus Day from the city calendar and made the second Monday in October a holiday to honor indigenous people. The council voted 14-1 to support the replacing of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. Councilman Joe Buscaino opposed the motion. The Los Angeles County Human Relations […]
Category Archives: Westwood
National Weather Service issues extreme heat warning for Los Angeles
Los Angeles will keep seeing high temperatures through most of the weekend, weather officials said. The National Weather Service issued an extreme weather alert Thursday, warning Los Angeles residents of excessive heat expected to continue through 10 p.m. Saturday. The alert said Los Angeles County will likely see temperature highs between 95 and 105 degrees […]
Californians asked to conserve power due to statewide heat wave
This post was updated Sept. 1 at 11:10 a.m. California residents are advised to continue conserving electricity Friday afternoon as extreme heat continues. The California Independent System Operator, a nonprofit that oversees much of the state’s electric power system, issued a statewide Flex Alert for consumers to reduce their electricity usage from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday. The Los Angeles […]
LAPD’s drone use proposal raises privacy, misuse concerns
Los Angeles community members spoke up at a public forum in Westwood on Wednesday against city police’s proposed use of drone technology. At the Wednesday night meeting, Los Angeles Police Department officers addressed residents’ concerns about a proposal to allow the department to use nonweaponized drones, or small, unmanned aerial devices, to aid in police […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association elects new board secretary
A newly elected secretary for the Westwood Village Improvement Association plans to use her knowledge as a business owner to help improve the Village. The board elected Kifishia Kawachi, who ran unopposed, as the new board secretary at its Thursday meeting. Kawachi, who serves on the association’s Clean, Safe and Beautiful Committee, will now also […]
New Westwood association member to work closely with landlords
A new member of the Westwood Village Improvement Association said he wants to involve landlords more in the Westwood Village community. The association’s board of directors unanimously appointed John Heidt, owner of Heidt Torres Co., a real estate agency, to occupy a vacant property owner’s seat in Zone 1 of the association’s boundaries at its […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – Aug. 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. Eric Geier, community relations manager for the LA County […]