Athletes from different countries joined together to run the Special Olympics torch toward a crowd of 100 spectators, UCLA marching band members and Spirit Squad members who welcomed the group with a rendition of UCLA’s fight song. About 20 runners, including athletes and law enforcement officers, passed the torch as they ran down Westwood Boulevard […]
Category Archives: Westwood
UCPD looking for man who entered student apartment, attempted burglary
University police are searching for a man who entered a UCLA student’s Weyburn Terrace apartment late Thursday and attempted burglary. The student reported she heard the doorbell ring at her apartment at 785 Weyburn Terrace about 11:30 p.m. while she was in her room, according to a UCPD statement. When she saw that nobody was […]
UCPD searching for two men who stole from a Levering Avenue apartment
University police are searching for two men who entered a UCLA student’s apartment Friday and stole a laptop and a pair of headphones while the student was inside. The men walked into the student’s apartment at 885 Levering Ave. between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday and stole the laptop and the headphones, police said […]
Graphic: How businesses arrive in Westwood
Editor’s note: We have updated the following graphic, as it was missing several businesses that have opened and closed throughout the past year.
UCLA minimum wage set to rise with state, city increases
The University of California Office of the President updated its policy in April, requiring UCLA to comply with Los Angeles’s imminent minimum wage increase. Each UC campus must follow federal, state and local minimum wage provisions, according to the policy. California’s minimum wage will rise from $9 to $10 an hour starting Jan. 1. The […]
Westwood BID recap – July 16
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. The BID was created by property and business owners in August 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Its board of directors meets monthly. Chair […]
LAPD looking for man stealing cosmetics from CVS Pharmacy in Westwood
Police are searching for a man who shoplifted about $200 worth of cosmetic items from CVS Pharmacy in Westwood Village Friday morning. The man entered the CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue about 9:35 a.m. Friday, put the merchandise into a bag and left the store, according to a statement […]