Westwood community members and students chanted while marching to the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard Sunday to protest what they claimed was the Israeli occupation of areas such as West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Al-Awda, a group dedicated to helping Palestinian refugees, and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, also known as […]
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Man accused of brandishing gun at UCLA student in Westwood
University police are searching for two men, one of whom brandished a firearm at a UCLA student and her friend in Westwood Village early Friday. The student reported that two men approached her and her friend about 1:30 a.m. on Hilgard and Le Conte avenues and asked if the student and her friend wanted to […]
Seasonal store brings Halloween spirit, crafty costume ideas
Twitching corpses, shaking ghouls and blow-up Star Wars characters appear on Westwood Boulevard every fall. They are housed within the doors of the Halloween Club, the seasonal pop-up shop and extension of the Aahs! gift store across the street. When costumes hit the shelves and the decorative banner is hung in August, students have three […]
Sur La Table to spice up Westwood with upscale kitchenware selection
Topa Management, a property management company, announced Tuesday a high-end kitchenware store will open in Westwood Village next spring. Sur La Table, which will open at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue, will sell kitchenware and offer on-site cooking classes, said Rick Chancellor, vice president of the McDevitt Company. The 6,000 square-foot store […]
Westwood BID to ask property owners to increase term to 10 years
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, will ask property owners to renew its funding for 10 years, instead of the usual three, before the BID’s current term ends in 2017. Westwood property owners vote to renew the BID, one of about 40 Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles, every three years. […]
New Saturday shuttle offers transportation from Hill to Santa Monica
Students can take a free UCLA shuttle directly from the Hill to downtown Santa Monica on Saturdays. UCLA Housing and Hospitality Services officials launched a new pilot program that takes students from De Neve Plaza and Hedrick Hall to Santa Monica via BruinBus about every hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. UCLA Housing began […]
LAPD visited UCLA student’s building hours before finding her body
Police launched an internal investigation after discovering officers had earlier visited the apartment building of the UCLA student found dead in her residence on Sept. 21. Officers arrived at Andrea DelVesco’s Roebling Avenue apartment building and then left early in the morning, said Ricardo Hernandez, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson. When police responded to […]