One of the oldest buildings in Westwood Village will undergo a $1 million renovation project starting next month to restore the 1930s building to its original style. Read more...
Photo: The building on Kinross and Gayley avenues, which houses three restaurants, will undergo a $1 million renovation starting in May. (Courtesy of Jim Brooks)
Paper Source, an upscale stationery retailer, plans to open a new 5,000-square-foot location in the middle of Westwood Village by the start of fall quarter. As a stationery store and gift retailer, Paper Source offers high-end stationery, office supplies, custom engraved invitations, greeting cards and personalized gifts. Read more...
Photo: Paper Source, a stationery store, plans to open a new storefront in Westwood. Shoppers will be able to buy different types of paper for crafting purposes, many of which are printed with colorful patterns. (Kelsey Kong/Daily Bruin)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association’s board voted 8-1-2 Wednesday to increase the fees businesses pay to support the association by a few hundred dollars per landowner. Read more...
Eat Sweets Pastry, a boutique pastry shop that specializes in shortbread and decorated cookies, will leave Westwood when its lease ends. Its last business day will be on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Megan Driscoll, the owner of Eat Sweets Pastry, loves the freedom that comes with being a pastry chef of her own store located on Gayley Ave. She decorates the pastries and personalizes them, baking numerous cupcakes, cookies and macarons. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Every time he sees the Pacific Ocean, Roozbeh Farahanipour said he misses the Persian Gulf and Iran. He hasn’t lived in Iran since 2000, when he fled from the Islamic regime to the United States. Read more...
Photo: Roozbeh Farahanipour was nominated for the state Senate’s California Heroes Month in late 2014 for his work against human rights violations in Iran. (Julie Song/Daily Bruin)
Several UCLA students are appealing parking tickets after university police increased its distribution of citations for cars left in spaces between the street and sidewalk in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Students who park their cars on the grassy or brick areas between the sidewalk and street are seeing an increase in tickets. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin senior staff)
California Highway Patrol arrested at least three UCLA students in Westwood Tuesday after they blocked a 405 Freeway off-ramp during a protest against police brutality. Protesters dressed in black blocked the northbound 405 off-ramp toward the eastbound Wilshire Boulevard exit for about 20 minutes after 3:40 p.m., preventing dozens of cars from getting off the freeway. Read more...
Photo: Protesters marched though Westwood Tuesday calling for an end to police brutality. (Kailey Rishovd/Daily Bruin)
