Tuesday, July 28

Editorial: What’s the Village without a market?

Westwood had a big, palpable hole in it on Thursday. It was the first Thursday in years that the Westwood Farmers’ Market, which traditionally made its appearance on Weyburn Avenue, was absent from the Village after the fire department revoked its street use permit, citing safety dangers posed by a nearby construction project. Read more...


Conference rounds up death penalty opponents

As part of “The Faces of Wrongful Conviction” conference to be held at UCLA this weekend, several exonerated individuals who have collectively spent more than 356 years combined in prison are scheduled to tell their stories Saturday in front of an audience of students, political leaders, legal experts and other advocates for abolishing capital punishment, The conference, hosted by the UCLA School of Law, plans to examine the causes and consequences of wrongful conviction and discuss the application of the death penalty in California. Read more...


Market move under dispute

As the Westwood Farmers’ Market looks to relocate after its closure last week, some Village business owners said they want the market to change before it returns to Westwood. Read more...


Private groups fund stem cells

In an effort to work around lawsuits that are tying up $3 billion in state funding for stem cell research, six private organizations have agreed to loan a California stem cell agency $14 million until the institute can receive state funding. Read more...



Jewish student protection advised

After receiving reports from various Jewish groups that anti-Semitic and anti-Israel sentiments are rampant on college campuses, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights voted this week to recommend that the Department of Education take steps to protect Jewish students. Read more...


Science & Health: Mumps eruptions multiply among Iowa college students

A recent outbreak of mumps concentrated among college-age students in Iowa has many young adults, doctors and administrators across the country concerned. As of Monday, there were 245 confirmed cases of mumps in Iowa, 21 percent of which were infections among college students, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Read more...