Westwood’s pho drought has ended at last. 26 Pho Cafe, a Vietnamese restaurant with locations in Pasadena as well as Vancouver and White Rock in Canada, opened in Westwood on Oct. Read more...
Photo: The egg rolls from 26 Pho Cafe come with fresh lettuce, pickled carrots and radish and nước chấm. The new restaurant is located on Glendon Avenue across from Trader Joe’s. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 8:37 p.m. In Netflix’s “Best of the Best,” every turn on the dance floor sends sparkles across the lehengas designed by Liz Vastola. Read more...
Photo: Dancers from the new coming-of-age dance comedy “Best of The Best,” written by Hasan Minhaj and Prashanth Venkataramanujam, are pictured in costume designer Liz Vastola’s work. The film follows best friends Maya and Anjali as they attempt to join a collegiate Bollywood dance team at UCLA. (Courtesy of IMDb)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 8:55 p.m. With cardamom-infused coffee and Biscoff lattes, Sana’a Cafe gives Westwood’s coffee scene a welcome dose of variety. Read more...
Photo: Coffee and tea pots sit atop the display case at Sana’a Cafe. The Yemeni coffee shop soft opened in Westwood on Oct. 5 but has a grand opening scheduled for Oct. 15. (Zayna Ansari/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 8:42 p.m. Just two hours away from campus, students can escape Los Angeles’ light pollution and admire the natural beauty of the night sky. Read more...
Photo: Students from the Astronomical Society at UCLA stargaze at Mount Pinos during one of their annual trips. Arjun Gupta, an events officer and telescope operator said his first “Star Party,” the group’s biggest event of the year, was very memorable for him. (Courtesy of Arjun Gupta)
This post was updated Oct. 13 at 8:48 p.m. A UCLA alumnus is threading his Afro-Latino identity through fashion and law. Derrick Williams, who graduated from UCLA in 2025 and is now a law student at Texas Southern University, channels his multicultural background into his clothing brand and aspiration to be an attorney. Read more...
Photo: Derrick Williams and Mikayla Cardona sport Prolific Aftermath jackets. Williams collaborated with Afro-Latinx Connection de UCLA to develop a line titled “Bridging the Diaspora” to highlight the multicultural identity at the heart of the brand. (Courtesy of Derrick Williams)
This post was updated Oct. 8 at 10:10 p.m. A UCLA lecturer illustrates the depth of Indigenous knowledge by blending art history and botany. Helen Burgos-Ellis, a continuing lecturer at the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, published “Aztec Science: The Genetic Origin of Maize, Pollination, and Plant Sexuality Recorded in Art” on Sept. Read more...
Photo: Aztec day sign glyphs depict grass as growing out of a skeletal jaw with blades resembling hair. The first chapter of Burgos-Ellis’ book details the Aztec worship of grass, which she said was understood as the parent of corn. (Courtesy of Helen Burgos-Ellis)
This post was updated Oct. 4 at 8:14 p.m. Call it a coincidence or call it core curriculum: For some Bruins, campus cardio extends beyond the hills of Bruin Walk and into a 95-degree studio at CorePower Yoga Westwood. Read more...
Photo: The front windows of CorePower Yoga in Westwood are pictured. According to Helena Rooney, the studio classes serve as stress relievers. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
