This post was updated May 26 at 3:21 p.m. A UCLA employee accused university police of racially profiling him during a 2014 arrest in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Claudius Gaines, a UCLA employees, alleged in a lawsuit university police racially profiled him in 2014. (Courtesy of Carl Douglas)
One person died and two were injured in a car crash Tuesday morning on Wilshire Boulevard. LAPD officer Robert Kim said a car headed west on Wilshire Boulevard at 1:50 a.m. Read more...
A man who has robbed six people in Westwood Village since September was sentenced Monday to nine years and four months in state prison. Dennis Toliver pleaded no contest to two counts of first degree robbery and robbery charges from previous arrest at a preliminary hearing at the Airport Courthouse Monday morning. Read more...
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Gayley Avenue, one of Westwood Village’s many coffee shops, will close in June. Danny Hernandez, the store’s general manager, said the shop will close because of financial difficulties. Read more...
Photo: The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on Gayley Avenue, one of seven coffee shops in Westwood Village, will close around the end of June. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin).
The Metro Expo Line extension opens Friday, allowing passengers to take the public rail to Santa Monica for the first time since the 1950s. The 15-mile line connects downtown to Santa Monica with a 45-minute ride. Read more...
Photo: The Expo Line’s second phase opened Friday, connecting downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica. The line is now about 15 miles long and takes about 45 minutes to go from end to end.
Medical marijuana was the only drug that improved Christian Kramme’s stomach pain after spending two years in and out of hospitals. Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, believed he had pancreatic cancer when he began experiencing severe stomach pain and a lack of appetite in 2012. Read more...
Photo: Christian Kramme, a second-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, began a medical marijuana delivery service in December. (Pinkie Su/Daily Bruin)
Apartment managers need to handle a lot on a daily basis – whether it be answering frequent maintenance calls, shutting down parties when they get out of hand, or just trying to keep a building full of residents happy. Read more...
Photo: Kelly Brennan/Daily Bruin
