This post was updated March 19 at 1:15 p.m. The UC Board of Regents’s Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended a budget of $351 million to build new UCLA student housing on Levering Ave. Read more...
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March 15, 11:22 am
Westwood Village hosts first Lunar New Year event, highlights businesses
Hundreds of Westwood residents celebrated Lunar New Year with an afternoon of cultural activities in Broxton Plaza on Feb. 21. The Westwood Village Improvement Association hosted the inaugural celebration from noon to 5 p.m. Read more...
News, Westwood
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March 13, 6:55 pm
Bella Pita officially closes doors after gradual decline in foot traffic, orders
Bella Pita – a Mediterranean sandwich restaurant run by a retired UCLA adjunct professor – closed in Westwood on March 4. Bella Pita, which opened on Gayley Avenue in 2007, was founded and run by Medy Sanadidi – a retired UCLA adjunct professor – with the help of his son. Read more...
Los Angeles, News, Transportation, Westwood
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March 10, 5:19 pm
Bike lane project aims to prevent accidents, make roads safer for cyclists
This post was updated March 11 at 10:24 p.m. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council approved an updated design for a bike lane project intended to reduce cycling accidents for cyclists in West Los Angeles, including in Westwood and Santa Monica. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News, Westwood
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March 10, 4:04 pm
Crimewatch: February 2026
Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor. UCPD recorded 594 unique entries in its Feb. 1 to Feb. Read more...
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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February 22, 8:40 pm
Jollibee signs lease for Westwood storefront
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 11:42 p.m. Fast-food chain Jollibee will tentatively be coming to Westwood in 2026, according to the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s annual report. Read more...
Campus, Crime, News, Westwood
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February 20, 6:18 pm
UCLA Civil Rights Office responding to hate crime in university apartments
This post was updated Feb. 20 at 9:46 p.m. The UCLA Civil Rights Office is responding to a hate crime motivated by racial bias that occurred at University Apartments North Tuesday. Two residents reported a racial slur written in permanent marker on their whiteboard to UCLA Residential Life on Tuesday at 6:31 p.m., according to a Clery Act Timely Warning sent by UCPD Friday afternoon. UCPD said in the warning that neither resident had filed a report with the police department about the property vandalism as of 4:18 p.m. Read more...