Stan’s Donuts in Westwood Village will celebrate its 50th anniversary Saturday morning with discounted donuts and a ceremony. Stan’s Donuts will roll its prices back to what they were 50 years ago – 10 cents apiece – in honor of the anniversary, said Steve Sann, chairman of the Westwood Community Council. Read more...
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May 2, 12:54 am
Stan’s Donuts celebrates 50th anniversary
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May 1, 12:48 am
Luxury movie theater iPic to open in Westwood Friday
iPic Theaters, a luxury movie theater with a full-service bar and an Italian restaurant, will open in Westwood on Friday. The Florida-based movie-theater company will open a location in the former AMC Avco 4 movie theater location on Wilshire Boulevard. Read more...
Photo: iPic Theaters will open Friday in Westwood Village on Wilshire Boulevard between Westwood Boulevard and Malcolm Avenue. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
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April 22, 12:27 am
Family on same page running local shop Flax Pen to Paper
The late afternoon sunlight caught the glint of lacquer fountain pens and signature greeting cards in one of Westwood’s oldest family businesses. Flax Pen to Paper, originally named M. Read more...
Photo: Joan Flax and Philip Clark run their family business, Flax Pen to Paper, on Gayley Avenue. (Sonja Bartlett/Daily Bruin)
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April 22, 12:14 am
Westwood to be included in Great Streets initiative
Westwood Boulevard is one of 15 streets Mayor Eric Garcetti hopes to renovate and improve economically as part of his Great Streets initiative. With the plan, Garcetti said he aims to bring new businesses into neighborhoods, help current ones expand and make neighborhoods accessible to pedestrians as well as cars. Read more...
Photo: Westwood Boulevard is one of the streets that Mayor Eric Garcetti plans to improve as part of his Great Streets Initiative. (Jennifer Lin/Daily Bruin)
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April 17, 1:17 am
Westwood Thai restaurant the result of family’s journey
John Sungkamee struggled to adapt to his new surroundings when he first arrived in the U.S. from southern Thailand more than 20 years ago. It was his start working in restaurants that taught him how to interact with customers and gave him insight into how the business operated, he said. Read more...
Photo: At the Emporium Thai Cuisine on Westwood Boulevard, siblings from the Sungkamee family cook up Southern Thai specialties. The restaurant is well-known for its one-to-10 spiciness rating scale. The Sungkamee family, which immigrated to America by chance, specializes in the food business. (Evaneet Sidhu/Daily Bruin)
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April 17, 1:12 am
Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant to open near UCLA
Westwood Village will soon be home to the first Los Angeles franchise of the popular Midwestern sandwich chain Jimmy John’s. The restaurant will open in August in a vacant space on Westwood Boulevard next to D’Amore’s Pizza, just north of Lindbrook Drive, said Rick Chancellor, western region vice president for the McDevitt Company. Read more...
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April 9, 1:19 pm
Seven candidates run for Waxman’s congressional seat
Four Democrats, one Republican and two Independents have announced they are vying for the Congressional seat that oversees UCLA’s district. The Rothenberg Political Report, which rates the degree of certainty that one political party will win a seat, rated the district of Rep. Read more...
Photo: Courtesy of Marianne Williamson