The Beverly Hills Unified School District filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Friday to halt Purple Line extension’s construction. The district is concerned that construction could potentially harm Beverly Hills High School and its students’ health and safety and is calling on Metro to properly analyze the environmental impacts of the Purple Line extension before construction begins, according to a press release. Read more...

Photo: The Beverly Hills Unified School District filed an injunction to stop construction of the Purple Line extension, which will run through Westwood, because it felt Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s environmental analysis in December did not consider the health effects of students. (Daily Bruin file photo)

The Los Angeles City Council may add additional steps for groups looking to form new neighborhood councils in the city. The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, which oversees neighborhood councils, proposed changes Jan. Read more...

Photo: The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment proposed changes to the method for neighborhood councils to form from existing ones. The changes may affect Westwood Forward, a student-led coalition looking to subdivide from the Westwood Neighborhood Council. (Ari He/Daily Bruin)

Future Westwood businesses may have an easier time serving alcohol in their restaurants. The Westwood Neighborhood Council voted to remove its 32 sample alcohol conditions, which new businesses must agree to when they apply for an alcohol permit, at its Jan. Read more...