Students now have several boba options in the Westwood Village area and on campus. Lollicup Fresh, a boba restaurant that currently has a location in Ackerman Union on campus, opened its Westwood Village location on Oct. Read more...
Photo: Lollicup Fresh, a boba restaurant with another location in Ackerman Union, opened a new location in the south end of Westwood Village. Lollicup Fresh joins a number of other boba restaurants in Westwood. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association’s new budget increases worker salaries and cuts funding for beautification projects. The association’s board of directors voted to approve the 2018 budget at their meeting Thursday. Read more...
The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
Los Angeles experts and city officials said students should continue advocating for Westwood issues at a panel Thursday evening. The undergraduate student government office of the external vice president, the Graduate Students Association and Abundant Housing LA, a group that advocates for more housing, held “How Westwood got trapped in time (and what to do about it)” at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. Read more...
Photo: Donald Shoup, a distinguished research professor of urban planning, said Westwood could benefit from the policies of other cities, like looser parking restrictions for new businesses. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 17 at 9 p.m. The Los Angeles Police Department will start testing an unmanned drone system over the course of a year after the first drone receives federal approval. Read more...
Photo: In August, Los Angeles Police Department officers answered residents’ questions about the department’s proposal to use drones to aid in situations in which police officers’ lives may be at risk. The Los Angeles Police Commission approved the proposal Tuesday. (Keshav Tadimeti/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students have had more of a say in Westwood politics since the Westwood Neighborhood Council created a committee to address student issues in July. The Student Advisory Committee moved three action items to the council’s agenda at Wednesday’s meeting. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Neighborhood Council created the Student Advisory Committee in July. The committee, which placed three items on the council’s agenda last week, advocates for student issues, like affordable housing and more transportation options. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The city of Los Angeles may make it more difficult for residents to challenge marijuana dispensary business licenses. The Los Angeles City Council is considering legislation that would only allow individuals who work, live or own property within 500 feet of a marijuana dispensary business to appeal the dispensary’s license. Read more...
Photo: Enja Eriksen, manager at Paradise Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary in Westwood Village, said she thinks it is fair for individuals who live or work within 500 feet of a dispensary to challenge its business license. Erikesn said Paradise Collective had to reclocate to Westwood because the former location was within 1,000 feet from a day care. (Marley Maron/Daily Bruin)
