One of the oldest buildings in Westwood Village will undergo a $1 million renovation project starting next month to restore the 1930s building to its original style. Located on the corner of Kinross and Gayley avenues, the building is currently occupied by Headlines Diner and Press Club, Native Foods Cafe and ISO Fusion Cafe. The […]
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High-end stationery store Paper Source plans fall opening
Paper Source, an upscale stationery retailer, plans to open a new 5,000-square-foot location in the middle of Westwood Village by the start of fall quarter. As a stationery store and gift retailer, Paper Source offers high-end stationery, office supplies, custom engraved invitations, greeting cards and personalized gifts. The store will open across the street from […]
Westwood Village Improvement Association approves fee increase
The Westwood Village Improvement Association’s board voted 8-1-2 Wednesday to increase the fees businesses pay to support the association by a few hundred dollars per landowner. The association, also known as the Westwood Business Improvement District, is a nonprofit organization created to provide functions for Westwood Village that the City of Los Angeles does not […]
Eat Sweets Pastry to leave Westwood, search for new location
Eat Sweets Pastry, a boutique pastry shop that specializes in shortbread and decorated cookies, will leave Westwood when its lease ends. Its last business day will be on Saturday. Eat Sweets Pastry will operate from its commercial kitchen in Lincoln Heights, about 14 miles east of UCLA, while Megan Driscoll, the bakery’s owner and pastry […]
Iranian human rights activist works to benefit Westwood
Every time he sees the Pacific Ocean, Roozbeh Farahanipour said he misses the Persian Gulf and Iran. He hasn’t lived in Iran since 2000, when he fled from the Islamic regime to the United States. Though he said the state he came from no longer welcomes him, he is now focusing his energy on benefiting […]
UCLA students appeal parking tickets issued in Westwood
Several UCLA students are appealing parking tickets after university police increased its distribution of citations for cars left in spaces between the street and sidewalk in Westwood. UCPD started giving out more tickets for cars parked on the borders of walkways after it received complaints from the property managers of several UCLA-owned buildings, said UCPD […]
UCLA students arrested at police brutality protest
California Highway Patrol arrested at least three UCLA students in Westwood Tuesday after they blocked a 405 Freeway off-ramp during a protest against police brutality. Protesters dressed in black blocked the northbound 405 off-ramp toward the eastbound Wilshire Boulevard exit for about 20 minutes after 3:40 p.m., preventing dozens of cars from getting off the […]