Westwood’s sixth Bruin’s Night Out event will take place Wednesday night, with more than 40 deals or discounts for UCLA students and a free premier screening of the new season of the television series “Game of Thrones.” The event, which was first held in 2011, will organized by the Westwood Community Council, the undergraduate student government’s Campus Events Commission and General Representative 1 office and, for the first time, HBO. Read more...

Photo: For the first time since Bruins Night Out was started three years ago, a TV show, “Game of Thrones,” will screen a preview showing during the event. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Businesses in Westwood don’t often stay for long. Since February 2010, at least 111 fast-food shops, restaurants, retail stores and service businesses in the Village have shut their doors, while 100 new ones opened. Read more...

Photo: Businesses have come and gone through Westwood at a relatively high rate. Westwood officials have been working on revitalizing the area for several years. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)

Thursday was a good day for 7-year-old Troy – a small black Chihuahua who used to live on the streets of Los Angeles. Despite being the oldest dog at the adoption stall at the Westwood Village Farmers Market, he was the first to find a new home. Read more...

Photo: Passersby at the Westwood Farmers’ Market stop to play with yapping brown and white Chihuahuas. (Tamaryn Kong/Daily Bruin)