The Los Angeles City Council voted Sept. 7 to change the location of a planned Westwood bike lane to the region of Gayley and Midvale avenues that is between Le Conte and Ohio avenues. Read more...
Photo: City council voted Sept. 7 to put a bike lane on Gayley Avenue. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Westwood Village’s storefronts may look different to students than they did last spring. As Noodle World, the Glendon Bar and Kitchen and others closed during the summer, new restaurants and stores like Tender Greens, KazuNori and Sur La Table opened, but many recently vacated spaces are still looking for tenants. Read more...
In 2011, a small group called the Westwood Ambassador Program picked up 80 to 90 bags of garbage off the streets of Westwood Village on an average day. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Village Ambassadors have collected trash from the streets of the Village for the past five years. (Courtesy of Michael Gonzalez)
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 Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Janet Turner, a field representative for Congressman Ted Liu’s office, said the city will rename Barrington Park to “Veteran’s Barrington Park,” and will move an existing dog park off its land if an alternate site can be found. Read more...
University police are searching for two women who stole a UCLA student’s cell phone last week. The student reported she was walking on Ophir Drive about 2:15 a.m on Sept. Read more...
UCLA students and employees can now use one card for two transportation services. UCLA Transportation officials launched the BruinTAP for Transit program Thursday, which will allow students to load their Go Metro passes and BruinGO! Read more...
