Thursday, April 2


Hotel W Los Angeles unveils $25M renovations, adds STK steakhouse

The W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills hotel, located on Hilgard Avenue a block from UCLA, recently completed its $25 million renovation and now includes the STK Los Angeles steakhouse that opened in June. Read more...

Photo: The STK Los Angeles was relocated into W Los Angeles – West Beverly Hills as part of a top-to-bottom $25 million renovation. The renovations also included 39 new guest suites and redecoration of the existing 258 guest rooms. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin)


NextBus site allows Big Blue Bus riders to track arrivals in real time

Commuters are now able to digitally track real-time arrival times for the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus. Big Blue Bus officials announced the new service on the NextBus site Wednesday, after making it available to users July 1, said Suja Lowenthal, a spokeswoman for Big Blue Bus. Read more...

Photo: Real-time arrival times for the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus became available on the NextBus site, nextbus.com, July 1 and on Google Maps last month. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Small electrical fire reported at UCLA engineering school, no injuries

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. The LAFD responded to a report of a structure fire at 4:01 p.m. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a small electrical fire at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on Saturday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA officials demand $13M for damages from 2014 summer flood

This post was updated on July 10 at 10:54 a.m. UCLA officials are demanding $13 million from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to pay for damages caused by the Sunset Boulevard water main break last summer. Read more...

Photo: Last summer, a water main burst underneath Sunset Boulevard, releasing about 20 million gallons of water and flooding Bruin Walk, Pauley Pavilion and Parking Structures 4 and 7. (Daily Bruin file photo)


ASUCLA employee arrested for alleged embezzlement

This post was updated on July 9 at 8:16 p.m. Police arrested an Associated Students UCLA employee last week for allegedly embezzling almost $200,000 from the ASUCLA textbook buyback program over a span of about two years. Read more...

Photo: An ASUCLA employee was arrested last week for allegedly embezzling about $200,000 from the UCLA Store’s textbook buyback program for over a span of two year. (Daily Bruin file photo)