A lounge specializing in cocktails and appetizers will replace a high-scale restaurant Friday in a movie theater complex on Wilshire Boulevard. iPic Entertainment opened The Tuck Room to replace Tanzy, an Italian sit-down restaurant that closed in March, about two years after it opened. The theater also offers food and cocktails to customers during movies. […]
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Urban planning students suggest changes to Westwood Village Specific Plan
Urban planning graduate students suggested officials split Westwood Village into four different districts, among other suggestions, to better cater to students and other residents during a meeting Thursday. This quarter, architect John Kaliski led a class that aims to update the Westwood Village Specific Plan based on input from residents and businesses. The plan is […]
City council to vote on placement of bike lanes in Westwood Village
The Los Angeles City Council will vote Friday whether to move a planned bike lane from Westwood Boulevard to Gayley and Midvale avenues. The council’s transportation committee met Wednesday to discuss possible amendments to the Mobility Plan 2035, which would add hundreds of bike lanes, bus-only lanes and pedestrian improvements throughout the city. Paul Koretz, […]
UCPD arrest one of two men who allegedly robbed student at gunpoint
University police arrested a man Friday for robbing a UCLA student on Hilgard Avenue last Thursday. The student told UCPD Thursday night two men threatened her with a silver gun on Hilgard Avenue near Manning Avenue and stole her cell phone. The men then ran east on Manning Avenue. UCPD found one man the next […]
UCLA community reacts to new law aimed at stubbing out underage smoking
Some Westwood smoke shop owners and UCLA students disagreed on the effectiveness of a new law that will increase the smoking age in California to 21 on June 9. Gov. Jerry Brown signed several bills May 4 that will also classify electronic cigarettes as tobacco products in addition to banning smoking in all public and […]
Westwood’s Broxton Avenue parking garage to upgrade facilities
The post was updated on May 11 at 2:20 p.m. A private management company will begin operating an existing city-managed parking garage on Broxton Avenue starting July 1. The city will hire Modern Parking Inc. to manage the Broxton Avenue public parking garage, in an effort to save money on maintenance costs, said Miguel Santana, […]
Volunteer Center explains rationale for ending collaboration with WOMP
The UCLA Volunteer Center cut ties with an annual volunteering event in Westwood last year to focus its resources on more meaningful projects that engage the community, center officials said. Westwood community leaders organized the Westwood Organized Meaningful Projects from 2010 to 2014. The Volunteer Center was an official sponsor until 2014 when officials decided […]