Local farmers and business owners held posters bearing the messages “Respect our farmers!” and “No farmer thief!” at a meeting earlier this month to protest the replacement of the current Westwood Village Farmers Market manager. Read more...

Photo: Farmers’ market vendors expressed their discontent over the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s decision to replace current market manager Emmanuel Bautista when his contract expires in June at a meeting earlier this month. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Discarded mattresses and aged couches often line North Village sidewalks, waiting for garbage trucks to pick them up. Students who regularly move or are unaware of rules banning street dumping often leave out old furniture instead of properly getting rid of their bulky items. Read more...

Photo: Councilmember Paul Koretz plans to hold a workshop to educate Westwood residents about alternatives to illegal dumping of furniture and large objects on sidewalks, which is punishable by up to a $10,000 fine. (Erin Gong/Daily Bruin)