About half of the board members of the Westwood Village Improvement Association resigned or left the association’s board of directors over the past year. The 13-member board leads Westwood’s business improvement district, which collects assessment fees from property owners in Westwood Village to provide services such as street maintenance and events. The board is comprised […]
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Dakota Access pipeline protestors respond to Trump in Westwood rally
Hundreds of people participated in a round dance, an American Indian tradition, on Weyburn Avenue and Westwood Boulevard on Tuesday night, blocking traffic in protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. California for Progress, an organization that aims to support progressive causes, and the American Indian Movement, an advocacy group that works to support American Indian […]
Changes to CSO van service planned to address student concerns
This post was updated on Jan. 25 at 1:10 p.m. Students will soon be able to request to be picked up from various parts of campus through a new mobile app. UCLA Transportation and undergraduate and graduate student government leaders are moving forward with plans to rework the Community Service Officer Evening Van Service. UCLA […]
Westwood businesses, residents experience power outage
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 9:32 p.m. Power in Westwood Village went out around 9:30 p.m. Sunday near Broxton Avenue and was restored Monday morning. A rainstorm caused three outages affecting about 900 customers, according to the Los Angeles Department of Power and Water’s website. Crews worked on site to resolve the outages […]
Westwood business owners struggle to obtain liquor licenses
If local workers want to get cocktails at happy hour after work, they have limited options in Westwood Village. The Westwood Neighborhood Council, which advises the city on alcohol permit applications, imposes conditions on businesses’ alcohol sales because state guidelines restrict the number of businesses that can sell alcohol in the district. Some say the […]
Hundreds of students march in Westwood to protest Trump’s inauguration
About 250 protesters flooded the streets of Westwood after President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday. The crowd gathered in front of Powell Library before marching down Westwood Boulevard to its intersection with Wilshire Boulevard. Many held signs with portraits of Trump with his mouth covered by paint, with “stop racism” and “stop […]
New crosswalk coming to Westwood between Weyburn and Kinross
Westwood residents and visitors will soon be able to use a new crosswalk on one of the longest blocks in Westwood Village. A new pedestrian crosswalk is under construction on Westwood Boulevard between Weyburn and Kinross avenues, after the Westwood Village Improvement Association approved it last year. The crosswalk will be located toward the southern […]