The colorful tees, tanks and other basics made in American Apparel’s downtown factory brought the company close to $250 million in sales in 2005 ““ about six times what it made three years ago. Read more...

California students may be relieved from paying an extra $500 next year, thanks to a state surplus that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will use to offset planned student fee increases. Read more...

Weeks after a shooting at Habibi Café, some Westwood business owners and residents are reflecting on possible effects of the incident on commerce in the Village. Read more...

Police have arrested and charged a man suspected of shooting a patron of Habibi Café in Westwood Village early Christmas Day. Twenty-year-old Rafael Martirosyan was arrested at his apartment in Los Angeles on Dec. Read more...

Want to get paid over $300,000 to do nothing but take a year off after messing up your job? Then you can come work for the University of California. Read more...

In one of the last votes of 2005, Congress showed approval for a bill which would cut funding for government-sponsored student loan programs by $12.7 billion. Read more...

The suspects involved in a Christmas Day shooting at a hookah bar on Broxton Avenue may soon be apprehended, police said Wednesday. A late-night gathering of a group of friends at the Habibi Cafe in Westwood Village was violently interrupted early Sunday morning when a stray bullet shattered the restaurant’s front window, striking a patron in the head. Read more...