Firefighters put out a fire in an apartment on Gayley on Saturday. Fire officials extinguished the fire on the balcony of 415 Gayley Ave. around 8:21 p.m., before it could spread to other parts of the building, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Read more...
Photo: Firefighters extinguished a balcony fire on 415 Gayley Ave. on Saturday evening. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council requested the city to delay approving an application to create a new neighborhood council at its monthly meeting Thursday. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, business owners and homeowners, submitted a subdivision application in December to split up the Westwood Neighborhood Council. Read more...
Photo: Students and other community members spoke about Westwood Forward’s plans to subdivide the Westwood Neighborhood Council during its monthly meeting Thursday. If the proposal is approved, a new council will be formed for UCLA’s campus, Westwood Village and the North Village. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A new state law plans to streamline the development of affordable housing in California and could potentially lead to more housing development in Westwood. Senate Bill 35 requires cities, such as Los Angeles, that have not met state-set affordable housing targets to approve projects where 10 percent or more of the units are set aside for affordable housing. Read more...
Photo: (Ludi Zhu/Daily Bruin)
LA Metro is working to increase ridership following recent studies showing that the number of riders using public transportation has been falling for more than a decade. Read more...
Students now have an additional boba place to choose from in Westwood Village. Sip, which serves matcha boba and other matcha desserts, opened a new location Friday on Weyburn Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Sip, the newest boba shop in Westwood, offers matcha boba tea and desserts, and serves tea made from handpicked leaves from China, Japan, Taiwan and India. (Manpreet Grewal/Daily Bruin)
Students may soon be able to vote to approve a new neighborhood council for Westwood. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, business owners and homeowners, submitted an application in December to subdivide the current Westwood Neighborhood Council. Read more...
A new bill could allow street vendors to peddle their goods across California. Senate Bill 946, proposed by state Sen. Ricardo Lara, would require cities to create a permitting process for street vendors to legally sell their goods. Read more...
