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)
UCLA Housing delayed next year’s housing offers to thousands of students early last week to fix several problems with its online application system. The problems stemmed from UCLA Housing’s transition to a new software for its room assignment process, said Sarah Quinn, director of UCLA Housing. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council unanimously voted Wednesday to ask the city to draw a crosswalk from the east side of Levering Avenue to the Chevron gas station on Le Conte Avenue. Read more...
Five miles of bus-only lanes on Wilshire Boulevard are expected to open Wednesday morning, officials said. The lanes will allow bus riders to save as much as 15 minutes of commute time during peak traffic hours from 7-9 a.m. Read more...
Photo: New bus-only lanes are expected to open Wednesday, allowing commuters to save time while traveling on Wilshire Boulevard. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Hundreds of rain-soaked UCLA students stood in a line that went around the block to watch the “Game of Thrones” season five premiere as part of Bruins Night Out on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Avid “Game of Thrones” fans endured a daunting line under steady rain Tuesday evening to catch an early screening of the season five premiere. (Conor Cusack/Daily Bruin)
