Local merchants believe the public’s perception of Westwood having little available parking and only a few retail stores is driving many potential visitors elsewhere. As many retail outlets leave Westwood and large, corporate chain stores favor more popular and accessible shopping promenades like those of Santa Monica and Century City, merchants worry the public will have even less reason to come to Westwood. Read more...

Maybe you’ve heard of Taylor Hess. He’s a 16-year-old high school student from Texas. He’s on the honor roll and the varsity swim team. He’s been in so little trouble during school that he’s never even had detention. Read more...

As summer continues to chug along and session C gets under way, I finally feel like I have the authority and right to expound on the entertainment industry ““ or “the industry,” as lame people call it. Read more...

UCLA, you’re needed. The official charity of our campus, Unicamp, a summer camp for kids at or below the poverty level run almost completely by students and funded through donations, will have to turn away 400 kids in August and September after an unfortunate accident rendered the only bridge to the program’s campsite unsafe. Read more...

Doctors remain “cautiously optimistic” about the condition of Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, who remain in critical but stable condition with vital signs in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital in Westwood. Read more...

Financial accountability concerns dominated discussion when the University of California Board of Regents audit committee met last week at UCLA. New committee chairman Alfredo Terrazas called the meeting a “brainstorming session” ““ committee members looked for ways to preserve honesty and efficiency in the UC’s internal and external audit policies. Read more...