Los Angeles County residents will vote in November whether to increase the sales tax to fund major public transit projects. LA County Metro officials voted Thursday to put the 0.5 percent sales tax increase on the Nov. Read more...
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Empty shelves once filled with colorful trinkets and Bruin-decorated accessories line the white walls of a Westwood key shop. Keys of all different sizes sit dormant on the opposite wall, waiting to be transported to their next owner. Read more...
Photo: All About Keys, a locksmith store that has been in Westwood for 27 years, closed due to increasing rent prices. (Mackenzie Posse/Assistant Photo Editor)
Yamato, a Japanese restaurant, closed on June 11 after almost nine years in Westwood Village. The restaurant was located in the Janss Investment Company Building on the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue. Read more...
Photo: The Janss Investment Company Building’s landlord is looking for a new restaurant to move into the space Yamato left vacant. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Sushi chefs swiftly rolled rice, fish and seaweed in front of dozens of new customers who visited a restaurant when it opened Tuesday. KazuNori, located in a recently restored building on Gayley and Kinross avenues, is a sushi bar where chefs prepare sushi by hand instead of using a mat, said Clement Mok, one of the brand’s founding members. Read more...
Photo: KazuNori, a spin-off of the restaurant Sugarfish, is located on Gayley and Kinross avenues. The Westwood store is the second location. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor).
Westwood voters elected four new council members and 15 incumbents to the Westwood Neighborhood Council June 5. The city clerk certified the council members Friday, including newcomers Trent Jolly, a rental residential group director, Philip Gabriel, a business group director, Caroline Conway, an educational community director and Chantelle Eastman, an at large director. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Wednesday’s meeting was the last to be headed by retiring Westwood Neighborhood Council President Jerry Brown. Read more...
Jerry Brown said he will remember lengthy council meetings, heated controversies and major victories as he prepares to end his final term as president of the Westwood Neighborhood Council this month. Read more...
Photo: Jerry Brown prepares to end his final term as president of the Westwood Neighborhood Council. (Daniel Alcazar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
