This post was updated Feb. 5 at 11:36 p.m. A car crashed into the 99 Ranch Market on Westwood Boulevard on Thursday, killing three people and injuring at least six. Two blocks of Westwood Boulevard – from Wilkins Avenue to Wellworth Avenue – were completely blocked off as of 1:50 p.m., along with the intersecting block of Rochester Avenue. Read more...
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February 3, 11:07 pm
LA County Sheriffs yet to ban license plate data sharing with federal agencies
Los Angeles County Sheriffs have not banned sharing license plate data with immigration enforcement agencies, despite a 2016 law prohibiting state police from sharing these images with the federal government. Read more...
Los Angeles, National, News
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February 2, 7:48 pm
Epstein files reveal emails between alumnus Casey Wasserman and Ghislaine Maxwell
This post was updated Feb. 3 at 11:01 p.m. UCLA donor and alumnus Casey Wasserman exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in the early 2000s, according to the latest release of the Epstein files. Read more...
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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January 31, 8:18 pm
Students, community members participate in Westwood homeless count
Community members documented the number of people experiencing homelessness in Westwood as part of a larger Los Angeles wide count Jan. 22. Both first-time volunteers and returners – including UCLA students and faculty – participated in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, an annual three-day count of the amount of people experiencing homelessness within different LA communities. Read more...
A Closer Look, California, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health, Westwood
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January 30, 4:50 pm
LA Fires Research Conference fosters discussion on fire survivors’ experiences
More than half of tested homes in Los Angeles county fire-impacted communities had unsafe contaminant levels one year after the January 2025 fires, a survivor advocacy group said at the first annual LA Fires Research Conference on Jan. Read more...
Campus, Los Angeles, National, News
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January 29, 10:46 pm
Students gather for vigil honoring people killed by federal agents
This post was updated Feb. 2 at 12:15 a.m. More than 200 people gathered at a Thursday vigil to honor people killed amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. The event – organized in part by the Afrikan Student Union, Bruin Democrats and members of the Undergraduate Students Association Council – was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Read more...
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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January 29, 12:23 am
Q&A: North Westwood Neighborhood Council Secretary talks local goals
This post was updated Jan. 29 at 10:21 p.m. Sailasya Munamarty was appointed as the secretary of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council in October after being appointed as an at-large board member on the council in August. Read more...