Benny Mendez realized his lifelong dream of owning his own business when he and his brothers took over Headlines Diner and Grill at a new location on Westwood Boulevard in July. Read more...
Photo: Benny Mendez sits at the counter of the relocated Headlines Diner and Grill on Westwood Boulevard. Mendez and his brothers took over the diner after the previous location was forced to move. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin staff)
Headline recommendation: Forbes once called her the most powerful 11-year-old in the world. Now she's at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Zuriel Oduwole, a first-year psychobiology student, has met more than 30 presidents and prime ministers during her work advocating for children’s access to education. She began her rise to prominence at 9 years old when she won a national history competition. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Workers cleaning out Westwood barbershop Kami’s Hairstyling will have to take down old blue and yellow football jerseys, Bruin pennants and hundreds of framed photographs of regulars dating back to the shop’s founding in the ’70s. Read more...
Photo: Kamran “Kami” Parsee, the owner of Kami’s Hairstyling, died in August. His barbershop, a Westwood institution for 50 years, served hundreds of students and notable figures and provided them a warm, friendly environment to catch up with the campus. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)
Three UCLA student lifeguards were awarded an American Red Cross Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders on Wednesday for their actions when a man collapsed in the Sunset Recreation locker rooms in January. Read more...
Photo: UCLA lifeguards second-year economics Jackson Lieberg (second from left), fourth-year civil and environmental engineering student Margit Maple (middle) and rising fourth-year sociology student Ted White (not pictured) were awarded the American Red Cross Lifesaving Award for Professional Responders for their actions after a man collapsed in the locker room. (Courtesy of Elise Burgos/UCLA)
Kien Tran had been struggling to make friends during freshman orientation until Christopher Dinkel reached out and invited him to play table tennis. Dinkel quickly became Tran’s first friend at UCLA, and the two eventually became roommates their second year. Read more...
Photo: Christopher Dinkel, a rising third-year at UCLA, died Aug. 17. A member of the sailing team and an aspiring actor, he is remembered for his creativity, friendliness and kindness. (Courtesy of Drew Pfeifer)
This post was updated Sept. 24 at 1:57 p.m. UCLA pursued student misconduct allegations against an alleged victim of an on-campus assault during a student conduct meeting Friday. Read more...
Photo: Alethea Sung-Miller, a third-year electrical engineering student, claims she was the victim of an alleged assault in Delta Terrace. She fears UCLA is casting her as the assailant in the incident and unfairly threatening her student status, she said. (James Schaap/Daily Bruin)
Westwood Village may see changes to its zoning regulations, often claimed to be a major factor for vacancy in the Village by local stakeholders. A Los Angeles City Council committee voted Aug. Read more...
Photo: Westwood Village may see its zoning regulations changed in an effort to lower its 21% vacancy rate. A Los Angeles City Council committee gave the go-ahead to start drafting amendments Aug. 13. (James Schaap/Daily Bruin)
