Pauley Pavilion’s court will be fully refurbished by October’s end, said UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero in a statement Friday afternoon. The announcement confirms that the UCLA men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams will each play its entire regular season in Pauley Pavilion. A “new state-of-the-art court” will replace the damaged Nell and John Wooden […]
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CityTarget closed for part of Friday because of sprinkler leak
This post was updated at 9:28 a.m. Westwood’s CityTarget on Weyburn Avenue has closed for part of Friday because of water leaking from a half-inch pipe on the store’s ceiling early this morning. The leak, which started at about 3:30 a.m. on Friday, had stopped as of press time, but the store will stay closed […]
Repairs on water pipe expected to end Friday night
Workers are expected finish replacing a water pipe Friday night that broke and caused flooding at UCLA Tuesday, after removing the damaged portion of the pipe from the ground this morning, officials said. After that, workers are set to begin the backfilling process to the trench before paving the road again, said Jeff Bray, Los […]
UCPD reports series of burglaries in North Village student apartments
University police have reported a series of burglaries in UCLA student apartments in the North Village since Sunday. The burglaries took place on Kelton Avenue at 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Roebling Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and Gayley Avenue at 7:33 a.m. Thursday. In each case, a man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants […]
UCLA officials launch $1M crowdfunding campaign for flood cleanup
This post was updated on July 31 at 6:13 p.m. University officials launched a crowdfunding campaign Thursday morning in response to the flooding on campus Tuesday afternoon, which affected several parking structures and buildings, including the famed Pauley Pavilion. The campaign, hosted on the UCLA Spark crowdfunding platform, raised several thousand dollars within hours of […]
Students, staff still without cars after parking structures flood
Raven was the car of Sina Famenini’s dreams. Famenini had saved his money from summer and work study jobs to lease the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro, which he affectionately named Raven because of its smooth black finish. The fourth-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student drove Raven from east Beverly Hills every day and parked on […]
Guerrero confirms basketball will play 2014-2015 season in Pauley despite flood
This post was updated at 3:31 p.m. on July 30. UCLA’s basketball teams will still play in Pauley Pavilion for the entirety of this season despite Tuesday’s flood, UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero confirmed in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. “After getting the water off yesterday and bringing the experts in, we’ve been assured […]