Tag: Westwood
UCLA Head Coach Jim Mora Fired
WESTWOOD—Jim Mora, head coach of the UCLA football team, was fired Sunday following the 23-28 loss to crosstown rivals USC on Saturday. According to...
Students Vying For Control Over Westwood Neighborhood Council
WESTWOOD—UCLA students have become more active in the Westwood Neighborhood Council and are proposing to create an entirely new council to push their own...
LAPD Stops Assembly Of DACA Supporters Halting Traffic
WESTWOOD—The Los Angeles Police Department arrived on the scene on Thursday, October 5, after dozens of DACA supporters crowded the street and stopped traffic.
Starting...
3.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Westwood
WESTWOOD—At approximately 11:20 p.m. on Monday, September 18, an earthquake with a magnitude 3.6 shook the grounds 3 miles northwest of Westwood. It was...
UCLA Student Found Dead Inside University Apartment
WESTWOOD—A 26-year old woman was found dead in her UCLA university apartment on Wednesday, September 13 at around 6:45 p.m.
Firefighters from the Los Angeles...
Multiple Robberies Reported Near UCLA
WESTWOOD—Authorities are searching for two armed suspects who committed two separate robberies near the UCLA campus on Saturday, July 22, just before 1 a.m.,...
UCLA Police Department Seeking Indecent Exposure Suspect
WESTWOOD—Authorities are searching for a man who inappropriately exposed himself in a men’s restroom on the UCLA campus, according to an alert that was released...
Police Investigate Child’s Death At UCLA Medical Center
WESTWOOD—Officials from the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the death of 8-year-old Cole Hartman, who nearly drowned in a washing machine four years...
Fourth Poke Restaurant Opens In Westwood
WESTWOOD—Westwood welcomed a fourth poke restaurant on Monday, June 5, with the opening of The Poke, located on Broxton Avenue. Originated in Hawaii, poke (pronounced...
Purple Line Extension To Westwood To Open Ahead Of Schedule
WESTWOOD—Metro plans to begin building the subway Purple Line Extension to Westwood in 2018 and complete construction by 2024, 9 years ahead of the original...
Elon Musk Unveils Plans To Reduce L.A. Traffic
WESTWOOD—Elon Musk, founder and CEO of aerospace manufacturing company SpaceX, and co-founder of automaker and energy innovation company Tesla, Inc., released videos and images...
Postal Annex In Westwood Caught On Fire
WESTWOOD—Over 52 Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters worked together to put out flames in a postal annex undergoing renovation at a Federal Building in Westwood...
Luskin Conference Center Projected To Lose $3.7 Million
WESTWOOOD—The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is expected to face a loss of $3.7 million by end of its first year operating. The...
Three UCLA Faculty Members Named 2017 Guggenheim Fellows
WESTWOOD—Three UCLA faculty members have been selected as recipients of the 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships, officials announced on Friday, April 7.
The...
CAP UCLA Headed To Downtown Los Angeles
WESTWOOD—UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance will be collaborating with the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, for their 2017-2018 season,...
Anita Ortega To Give UCLA Commencement Speech
WESTWOOD—Former UCLA basketball star Anita Ortega, the first African-American woman to become a Los Angeles Police Department area captain, will be UCLA's commencement speaker...
Samueli Foundation Donates $20 Million To UCLA Engineering
WESTWOOD—According to a news release from UCLA, on Thursday, March 23, UCLA announced a $20 million donation from the Samueli Foundation to the Henry...
Trial Postponed For Man Accused Of Holding Roommates Hostage
WEST HOLLYWOOD—The murder trial for the man accused of holding two men hostage at knifepoint inside a West Hollywood apartment has been postponed until...
UCLA Performs Most Organ Transplants In 2016
WESTWOOD—Data published by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) in January shows that UCLA has provided the most combined heart and lung transplants among...
Mattel Donates $50 Million To UCLA Children’s Hospital
WESTWOOD—On March 13, Mattel, Inc. announced a $50 million donation to UCLA Health, which will be used to expand the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital...
