Police are searching for two men who threatened a UCLA student with a gun and stole from him in Westwood on Tuesday night. The student reported he was walking near Weyburn and Selby avenues east of Westwood Village about 10 p.m. when the two men approached him, according to a UCPD alert. One of the […]
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Preliminary hearing begins for suspects charged with murder of student
Two men accused of murdering a UCLA student looked on silently at a preliminary hearing Thursday as witnesses testified seeing them outside the apartment complex where Andrea “Andy” DelVesco was found dead Sept. 21. County prosecutors charged Alberto Medina, a Fresno State University student, and Eric Marquez, a fifth-year biology student at UCLA, with the […]
Two new slates to run candidates in spring USAC election
The article was updated on March 4 at 8:05 p.m. Three slates, including two formed this year, will run candidates in the spring undergraduate student government elections. Bruins United, along with two new slates – MakeUCLAGreatAgain and Waves of Change – have filed applications to run candidates in the election, said Lindsay Allen, chair of […]
Protesters demand UCLA agree to employ union members at Luskin Center
Workers and students protested Thursday against the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center to demand a contract that would allow union employees to work at the new center. About 80 people participated in two protests organized by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 union. The actions were held on the […]
Man reported peeping into student’s Kelton Avenue apartment
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a UCLA student’s North Village apartment Tuesday morning. The student said a man looked into her apartment window on Kelton Avenue near Levering Avenue at 4 a.m., according to a UCPD alert. The man was outside peeping for about three minutes before the […]
Police arrested man on charges of robbery in Westwood
Police arrested a man Feb. 4 accused of robbing six people in Westwood Village since September. Los Angeles police arrested Dennis Toliver on Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue, said LAPD detective Luz Glorioso. Toliver pleaded not guilty Feb. 8 to four robbery charges and five charges of ATM-related robbery. He is being held in lieu […]
President Barack Obama’s visit to cause road closures in Westwood
Several roads around Westwood will be closed Thursday night and Friday morning while President Barack Obama visits West Los Angeles, police said. He will stay in the W Hotel – West Beverly Hills on Hilgard Avenue, one block southeast of UCLA, for one night. Obama is traveling to the area to attend Democratic fundraisers and […]