About half of the board members of the Westwood Village Improvement Association resigned or left the association’s board of directors over the past year. The 13-member board leads Westwood’s business improvement district, which collects assessment fees from property owners in Westwood Village to provide services such as street maintenance and events. Read more...
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January 24, 11:55 pm
Dakota Access pipeline protestors respond to Trump in Westwood rally
Hundreds of people participated in a round dance, an American Indian tradition, on Weyburn Avenue and Westwood Boulevard on Tuesday night, blocking traffic in protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. Read more...
Photo: People protested the Dakota Access pipeline Tuesday by blocking traffic and participating in a round dance on Weyburn Avenue and Westwood Boulevard. (Jintak Han/Assistant photo editor)
Campus, News, Student Government, Westwood
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January 23, 11:04 pm
Changes to CSO van service planned to address student concerns
This post was updated on Jan. 25 at 1:10 p.m. Students will soon be able to request to be picked up from various parts of campus through a new mobile app. Read more...
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January 22, 10:48 pm
Westwood businesses, residents experience power outage
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 9:32 p.m. Power in Westwood Village went out around 9:30 p.m. Sunday near Broxton Avenue and was restored Monday morning. Read more...
Photo: Starbucks and other businesses near Broxton Avenue are without power. (William Thorne/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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January 22, 9:14 pm
Westwood business owners struggle to obtain liquor licenses
If local workers want to get cocktails at happy hour after work, they have limited options in Westwood Village. The Westwood Neighborhood Council, which advises the city on alcohol permit applications, imposes conditions on businesses’ alcohol sales because state guidelines restrict the number of businesses that can sell alcohol in the district. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Neighborhood Council originally recommended not allowing SpireWorks an alcohol permit, but then voted to allow it to sell beer and wine. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)
Campus, News, Westwood
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January 20, 6:27 pm
Hundreds of students march in Westwood to protest Trump’s inauguration
About 250 protesters flooded the streets of Westwood after President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday. The crowd gathered in front of Powell Library before marching down Westwood Boulevard to its intersection with Wilshire Boulevard. Read more...
Photo: A crowd of about 250 walked in the middle of Westwood Boulevard in protest of President Donald Trump. Protesters called on students to walkout of class on Inauguration Day. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
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January 20, 12:17 am
New crosswalk coming to Westwood between Weyburn and Kinross
Westwood residents and visitors will soon be able to use a new crosswalk on one of the longest blocks in Westwood Village. A new pedestrian crosswalk is under construction on Westwood Boulevard between Weyburn and Kinross avenues, after the Westwood Village Improvement Association approved it last year. Read more...
Photo: A new crosswalk will be available to pedestrians on Westwood Boulevard between Weyburn and Kinross avenues in mid-February. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)