An anti-Semitic flier with swastikas was found under the door of a business run by Jewish individuals in Westwood on Tuesday. Boruch Cunin, a rabbi at the Chabad House at UCLA, said the business owner and an employee later came to him to discuss the flier. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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August 14, 9:05 pm
Anti-Semitic flier placed under door of Jewish-owned business
News, Westwood
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August 11, 12:40 am
On-demand hauling service Buddytruk moves forward with LA launch
Priyanka Tripuraneni needed a way to move her box spring and mattress to her new apartment down the street for the summer. The two items were impossible to fit in her small car. Read more...
Photo: Five associates, including UCLA alumnus Adam Jacobs, created Buddytruk, an on-demand moving, hauling, delivery and courier service, which launched on Aug. 1 in West Los Angeles. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
News, Westwood
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August 5, 4:38 pm
Water main break may have resulted from outdated engineering practices
City officials cited outdated engineering practices as the cause of last week’s water main burst in several statements this week. There was an extensive amount of corrosion both inside and outside of the pipes that burst on July 29 near UCLA, said Jim McDaniel, senior assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, at Tuesday’s Board of Water and Power Commissioners meeting. Read more...
News, Westwood
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August 2, 7:09 pm
Arrests made at pro-Palestine protest in Westwood
More than a thousand pro-Palestine protesters marched down Wilshire Boulevard once again Saturday afternoon, drawing verbal conflicts with about 30 pro-Israel supporters who walked across the crowd. Read more...
Photo: (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
News, Westwood
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August 1, 9:18 am
CityTarget closed for part of Friday because of sprinkler leak
This post was updated at 9:28 a.m. Westwood’s CityTarget on Weyburn Avenue has closed for part of Friday because of water leaking from a half-inch pipe on the store’s ceiling early this morning. Read more...
Photo: Westwood’s CityTarget experienced a water leak from one of the pipes in its sprinkler system Friday. (Justin Chang/Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Westwood
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August 1, 8:37 am
Repairs on water pipe expected to end Friday night
Workers are expected finish replacing a water pipe Friday night that broke and caused flooding at UCLA Tuesday, after removing the damaged portion of the pipe from the ground this morning, officials said. Read more...
Photo: Repairs on the water pipe continue. (Jessica Zhou / Daily Bruin)
Campus, News, Westwood
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July 30, 7:24 pm
Six people exposed to carbon monoxide during flood cleanup
This post was updated on July 30 at 8:26 p.m. Six adult male workers at UCLA were exposed to carbon monoxide on Wednesday evening during the cleanup of Tuesday’s flood, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Read more...