This post was updated March 10 at 1:45 p.m. A hazardous materials squad is investigating chemical agents at an apartment complex on Weyburn Avenue. Ten people complained of illness after being inside an underground parking structure at 1010 Glendon Ave., according to a Los Angeles Fire Department alert. Read more...
Photo: Several people complained of illness after being in an underground parking structure on Weyburn Avenue. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Christopher Ragsdale, a Los Angeles Police Department officer for Westwood, said residential burglaries and automobile crimes continue to increase in the district. Read more...
Verizon Wireless may install cellphone signal booster systems on existing street poles in Westwood Village. Verizon originally planned to install five new 33-foot poles that would improve mobile coverage throughout the village, but the Westwood Neighborhood Council and the Westwood Community Design Review Board unanimously voted against Verizon’s proposals Jan. Read more...
Jerry’s Famous Deli, a black building with a wide awning, has stood empty on Weyburn Avenue since 2013. When its original owner died, a Japanese management company bought the building and tried to renovate it, but abandoned the project halfway, said Steve Sann, chair of the Westwood Community Council. Read more...
Photo: The space Jerry’s Famous Deli used to occupy has remained vacant for several years. (Photo illustration by Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin and Harish Balasubramani/Illustrations director)
Companies with financial ties to a $1.2 billion development project in South Los Angeles contributed to a political action committee supporting the re-election campaign of Westwood’s city council member. Read more...
Photo: Paul Koretz, incumbent Los Angeles City Council Member, voted to approve a residential development whose backers have ties to a PAC which sent out campaign mailers supporting him. (Daily Bruin file photo)
An historic 50 year-old single screen theater in Westwood will soon be restored to its original facade and replaced by two restaurants. The Landmark Regent Theater is a single-screen theater that has shown mainly independent and foreign films since 2002. Read more...
Photo: The Landmark Regent Theatre will soon close, to be replaced by two restaurants. (Hannah Burnett/Daily Bruin)
Candidates in Los Angeles’ mayoral race said they think incumbent Mayor Eric Garcetti will be too preoccupied with running for higher office in 2018 to tackle the city’s fundamental issues. Read more...
Photo: In his first term, Mayor Eric Garcetti raised the city’s minimum wage and lowered the business tax. (Jintak Han/Assistant photo editor)
