A UCLA history professor involved in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit reached an agreement with UCLA that will allow him to return to teach. Gabriel Piterberg was suspended last spring quarter without pay and resigned from his position as director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies last May, after two graduate students filed sexual assault complaints against him. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News, UC
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February 10, 6:10 pm
UCLA allows professor in ongoing Title IX lawsuit to resume teaching
Crime, News, Westwood
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February 5, 2:03 pm
LAPD searches for man responsible for multiple robberies
Police are searching for a man who has robbed six people in Westwood Village since September. The man hides a cellphone in his jacket pocket and presses it against people’s backs, pretending it’s a handgun, said Alexander Schlegel, a West Los Angeles robbery detective. Read more...
Photo: Police are searching for a man who has robbed six people in Westwood Village since September. (LAPD)
Campus, Crime, News
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February 4, 1:14 pm
UCPD arrests man accused of raping student on the Hill
University police arrested a Los Angeles man Wednesday afternoon for allegedly raping a student on the Hill on Jan. 28. The student told UCPD she met the man at a party she attended in the North Village. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News
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February 2, 4:29 pm
UCPD searching for man accused of raping student on the Hill
University police are searching for a man who allegedly raped a UCLA student on the Hill Thursday night. The student told police she attended a party in the North Village about 11 p.m., where she met the man, according to a UCPD alert. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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January 28, 4:45 pm
Stolen car, smashed windows reported at Gayley Avenue apartment garage
Students living in an apartment building on Gayley Avenue near Le Conte Avenue woke up Thursday morning to find their car windows smashed and personal items stolen. Read more...
Photo: Students living at 747 Gayley Ave. woke up Thursday morning to find their car windows smashed and personal items stolen. (Efren Piñon/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News, Westwood
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January 22, 10:13 pm
UCPD looking for man accused of sexual assault in North Village
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a UCLA student at a party in the North Village early Friday. The student was at a party on Gayley Avenue near Strathmore Drive about midnight when an unknown man approached her and sexually assaulted her, according to a UCPD alert. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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January 21, 2:20 am
Westwood crime rate increases 22 pct. in 2015, first spike since 2003
Criminal activity in Westwood increased by 22 percent in 2015, the first increase in crime rates since 2003, police officials said. Thefts and robberies account for most of the increase, said Chris Ragsdale, the Los Angeles Police Department’s lead officer for Westwood, at last week’s Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting. Read more...