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. Andrew […]
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Boiling Crab restaurant nets customers after opening in Westwood
With signatures scrawled all over the walls and swarms of students lined up outside, the Boiling Crab was bustling around 4 p.m. Tuesday, having opened just a week ago. The new restaurant is located on Glendon Avenue in the building that used to house the Westwood Brewing Company, or Brew Co., a popular student bar. […]
UCPD releases photos of suspect in UCLA employee robbery case
University police released photos Tuesday of a man wanted for robbing a UCLA employee at a Westwood ATM earlier this month. Police said the man came up to the employee at a Bank of America machine on Westwood Boulevard, then told the employee to give him money and that he had a gun. The employee […]
New LA Mobile app incorporates technology with public transportation
Westwood residents and commuters are now able to buy tickets for the Commuter Express bus system on California’s first mobile ticketing app for public transportation. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation launched the LA Mobile app, which allows bus riders to check schedules and purchase tickets for the Commuter Express and DASH bus systems, at […]
Westwood Neighborhood Council recap – Feb. 11
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Outreach and communications chair Lisa Chapman said the council helped with the Westwood homeless count on Jan. 28. She added that 75 volunteers helped count homeless individuals in the area. Owner residential group director Sandy Brown proposed several […]
Westwood Adaptation 101 helps international students adjust to UCLA
Firat Uran struggled to find housing and set up his insurance and bank account when he moved to UCLA from Istanbul, Turkey. A student in the UCLA Extension program, Uran said he found it difficult to adjust to Los Angeles. “I had to discover everything by myself,” Uran said. “It was exhausting.” His experiences led […]
North Village remains poorly lit despite safety concerns
When it comes to lighting the streets of Westwood’s North Village, many students are in the dark. Improving poorly lit areas of Westwood is an issue that has cycled in and out of Undergraduate Students Association Council elections and local government meetings for decades. Though some students in the residential area between Veteran and Gayley […]