Bel Air Camera will close Wednesday due to declining sales, after 58 years in Westwood Village. Bel Air Camera is the only camera store in Westwood and one of the Village’s oldest businesses. Read more...
Photo: Bel Air Camera on Gayley and Kinross avenues will close Wednesday after 58 years in Westwood Village. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Officials will close Napa Valley Grille on Glendon Avenue Sunday to remodel its interior and renovate the outdoor patio. The California-themed restaurant, which features a bar, outdoor patio and private rooms, will be closed for three months, said Karlee Kunkle, spokeswoman for Tavistock Restaurant Collection, which operates the restaurant. Read more...
Photo: Napa Valley Grille will be closed for three months starting Sunday for renovations. Restaurant managers will opt for more earth-tone colors and new textures. (Courtesy of Tavistock Restaurant Collection)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Discussion with the L.A. City Council president Herb Wesson, president of the city council, attended the neighborhood council meeting to answer any questions from council members or the public. Read more...
At 17, Gilberto Quintanilla decided he could no longer live in war-ridden El Salvador. “The government had lists of kids who were eligible to fight,” Quintanilla said. Read more...
Photo: Gilberto Quintanilla, escaping from war-ridden El Salvador, left Sonsonate to avoid being drafted. Now a service manager at Helen’s Cycles in Westwood Village, Quintanilla is known for being a mentor in both life and bicycle mechanics. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Part of Hilgard Avenue closed Friday morning after a house fire was reported a block east of UCLA. Firefighters responded to the fire at a two-story house at 510 Warner Ave. Read more...
Photo: Firefighters responded to a fire at a two-story house one block from UCLA. (Francesca Manto/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A motorcycle caught fire after it collided with a car in the North Village Thursday afternoon. Firefighters received a call at 3:48 p.m. about a collision between a motorcycle and a car on Midvale Avenue near Ophir Drive, in which the motorcycle caught on fire, said Margaret Stewart, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson. Read more...
University police are searching for a man who choked a woman by the neck in a UCLA parking lot Sunday morning. The woman reported the man approached her about 9 a.m. Read more...
