Tag: Westwood
Neighborhood Council Votes To Rename Le Conte Avenue
WESTWOOD— At a North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting on July 1, council members unanimously voted to support a resolution to rename Le Conte Avenue...
New York Chinese Chain Opens Second LA Location
WESTWOOD—The New York based Chinese cuisine chain Dun Huang reported opening a Westwood location on Thursday, July 2.
Dun Huang first opened in Flushing, Queens...
UCLA Football Players Demand Health Protections
WESTWOOD— UCLA football players are demanding greater health protections upon returning to the 2020 college football season. After the team virtually met on June...
UCLA Athletes Allowed To Return To Campus
WESTWOOD–With California moving to phase three of Governor Gavin Newsome’s four-stage reopening plan, UCLA Bruin Athletics announced on Wednesday, June 17 that it will...
UCLA Announces Plan For 2020-21 Academic Year
WESTWOOD─ On Monday, June 15, University of California, Los Angeles announced its plan for the 2020-21 academic year. UCLA, along with other California institutions,...
Victim Of Car Crash Later Sues For Injuries
WESTWOOD—Matthew Ryan, 30, one of the three individuals injured due to a car crash into Pinches Tacos on June 4, 2019 is now suing.
Ryan...
Johnny Juzang Is Eligible To Play For UCLA
WESTWOOD–The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) officially announced on Wednesday, May 27 that Johnny Juzang, the former Kentucky guard, is eligible to play for...
Cemetery Sells Exclusive Plot For High Price
WESTWOOD—The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood is the resting place for some of Hollywood’s...
Memorial Day Weekend, Facebook Live Virtual Music Festival
WESTWOOD—Sway-At-Home II is hosting its second virtual music festival live stream organized by the Musical Band, Dustbowl Reviva for Memorial Day Weekend.
The Dustbowl Revival...
Man Arrested For Beating Elderly Army Veteran
DETROIT—On Thursday, May 21, Jaydon Hayden was arrested for beating and video assaulting the elderly patient (army veteran) at the Westwood nursing center in...
Department Of Veterans Cancels Memorial Day Tradition
WESTWOOD—Los Angeles National Cemetery will not hold the tradition of placing flags on veterans’ graves for Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 due to COVID-19.
The...
UCLA Hires Martin Jarmond As Athletic Director
WESTWOOD—UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced on Tuesday, May 19 that Martin Jarmond will come to school from Boston College and become the ninth athletic...
Man Injured In Apartment Fire in Westwood
WESTWOOD—A two-story apartment building caught fire in the city of Westwood on the Monday, March 30.
At 12:22 p.m. on the 1709 block of...
Robberies Reported At UCLA
WESTWOOD—Several unknown suspects burglarized on-campus housing at Rieber Vista and hours later at Hitch Suites taking several items. The news about the robberies were...
LADWP Appoints Interim General Manager
LOS FELIZ—The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced on Tuesday, July 23, that the board appointed Martin L. Adams as the new...
Tom Bergin’s Declared Historic Cultural Monument
WESTWOOD—On Tuesday, June 18, the Los Angeles City Council voted to declare Tom Bergin’s, an historic-cultural monument despite the owners wishes.
The amendment reads as:...
LA’s Safest Driver Contest Coming To Westwood
WESTWOOD—The city of Los Angeles, in partnership with the United Services Automobile Association, and Cambridge Mobile Telematics has launched a safe driving contest that...
Sunset Boulevard Construction Set To Begin This Month
BEVERLY HILLS—Construction along Sunset Boulevard is set to begin mid-June in order to improve electrical infrastructure in the Bel Air, Beverly Crest and Westwood...
UCLA Grad Brian Lewinstein’s Body Found
WESTWOOD—Brian Lewinstein, a 23 year-old UCLA graduate, disappeared on August 12, after falling from the top of the Toketee Falls in Oregon. At about...
Metro Purple Line Subway Extension Underway
BEVERLY HILLS—One of Metro’s priority projects, the Purple Line Subway Extension will construct seven new stations will be added, providing access to the Westside—the...