Apartment managers need to handle a lot on a daily basis – whether it be answering frequent maintenance calls, shutting down parties when they get out of hand, or just trying to keep a building full of residents happy. Daily Bruin reporter Denise Lin talked to apartment managers in Westwood to understand what it’s like […]
Category Archives: Westwood
Westwood BID recap – May 19
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 Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors meets monthly. Michael Beck, UCLA administrative vice chancellor, attended his first […]
Officials consider proposal to name intersection after David Geffen
Westwood community leaders expressed mixed reactions about UCLA’s proposal to rename a Westwood Village intersection after David Geffen. The Westwood Neighborhood Council, an advisory board for Westwood to the Los Angeles City Council, and the Westwood Community Council, which meets several times a year to discuss Westwood issues, both discussed the proposition to install the […]
Northern Cafe brings Chinese cuisine to Westside for UCLA students
Aaron Jiang and Jerry Yan begin their trek from the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles to Westwood Village every day at 9 a.m., with three Northern Cafe employees in each of their cars. Jiang said Northern Cafe, which specializes in northern Chinese cuisine, recently hired additional employees because its original 10 staff members […]
Westwood Community Council recap – May 17
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Discussion Jasmine Shamolian, field deputy for LA City Council member Paul Koretz, said Westwood Gardens Park’s renovation is near completion and the park will reopen soon. The renovation added exercise equipment, a playground, picnic […]
Store owner to renew focus on painting after Crisalide closure
For 11 years, Eunhi Kim sat behind the counter of her Westwood Boulevard clothing boutique and dreamed of becoming a painter. At the end of May, Kim will close Crisalide, a boutique store that sells shoes, clothes and accessories, to focus on fulfilling her dream of creating a masterpiece. Kim said Crisalide, located in the […]
LA City Council votes to move proposed Westwood Boulevard bike lane
The Los Angeles City Council approved a proposal to move a bike lane from Westwood Boulevard to Gayley and Midvale avenues Friday, pending approval from the mayor and the Los Angeles City Planning Commission. The bike lane proposal, a part of the Mobility Plan 2035, will add bike lanes, bus lanes and sidewalk improvements across […]