Saturday, February 7

WVIA to consider whether it should change how it approves business signage

A local business district committee is looking to amend a costly and slow storefront signage process. The Westwood Village Improvement Association planning and mobility committee met with Los Angeles City planning assistant Julia Duncan on March 4 to relay complaints from prospective businesses about storefront signage. Read more...

Photo: New businesses in Westwood Village must go through an extensive approval process for their storefront signs. In the meantime, many businesses opt to put up banners. Some stakeholders have called the process unnecessarily cumbersome. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)


NWWNC advocates for changes to Westwood specific plan to stimulate business

Some Westwood Village zoning regulations may be reduced or eliminated if the city follows recommendations from a local neighborhood council. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council, a body representing UCLA and the Village to the Los Angeles City Council, recommended changes to food and parking regulations in the Village’s 1989 zoning and regulatory framework known as the Westwood Village Specific Plan. Read more...

Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council recommended Los Angeles City Planning reduce or remove food and parking regulations in Westwood Village during a board meeting Wednesday. The council hopes the changes will attract more businesses to the Village. (Daily Bruin file photo)


WVIA discusses renovations allowed for buildings with historic designations

The local business improvement district is exploring potentially altering historic buildings in Westwood Village. The planning and mobility committee of the Westwood Village Improvement Association met with Los Angeles City Planning staff Wednesday to discuss the extent to which some historic buildings could be altered. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles City Council designated the Kelly Music Building a Historic-Cultural Monument in December. The Westwood Village Improvement Association explored the possibility of altering historic buildings such as this one at a committee meeting Wednesday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Night market celebrates APIDA cultures with performances, food

Over a dozen scattered stalls set up for a night market celebrating Asian, Pacific Islander and Desi American cultures broke the usual Monday evening quiet of the Sunset Village Plaza. Read more...

Photo: Kevin Sun, a third-year Asian studies and human biology and society student, informs passersby of the Asian Pacific Coalition night market. Sun, who is also a fiscal coordinator for APC, directed attendees to several booths alongside APC intern Nafi Choudhury, a fourth-year economics student. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Student takes break from UCLA to serve on Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign

Many students may find it hard to imagine delaying their studies by two quarters for the chance to make their mark in the political world. For Arden Dressner Levy, the choice was an easy one. Read more...

Photo: Arden Dressner Levy has been involved in political organization since she was 8 years old. She took two quarters off school beginning in fall to work full-time in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign in Iowa, and is returning next quarter to start her third year at UCLA as an international development studies student. (Courtesy of Arden Dressner Levy)


UCLA students work with nonprofits to make positive impacts using technology

A student technology organization is helping nonprofits improve the lives of the Los Angeles homeless population and community college students. Nova is a student club with just a dozen members that develops apps for nonprofits in order to have a positive social impact. Read more...

Photo: Nova at UCLA, a student technology organization, makes mobile applications for nonprofits. Students in the club said they wanted to find a way to use their expertise to help the community. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)


Event offers students space to heal, focus on well-being after relationships

Letters went down in “flames” in De Neve Plaza on Tuesday to compensate for sparks that didn’t fly on Valentine’s Day. As a part of the Campus Assault Resources and Education’s “Broken.,” a Feb. Read more...

Photo: Campus Assault Resources and Education held an event in De Neve Plaza to help students who have recently ended their relationships recover after Valentine’s Day. (Dhruv Singhania/Daily Bruin)



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