Los Angeles Metro launched a 24/7 hotline Jan. 11 for passengers to report sexual harassment on its trains and buses. Counselors from Peace Over Violence, a community advocacy nonprofit, manage the confidential hotline. Read more...
Photo: Counselors from Peace Over Violence will advise callers to the sexual harassment hotline how to safely handle confrontations. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Comments by public officials Janet Turner, from Rep. Ted Lieu’s office, said he had been appointed as assistant whip and to the House Judiciary Committee. She added that the U.S. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council selected two Westwood residents at its Wednesday meeting to fill recently vacated board seats. Cyrus Baraghoush, a director of coordinated patient services for UCLA Health, and Shelby Kretz, a UCLA doctoral student in urban schooling and nonprofit director, won seats reserved for individuals who rent property in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: Cyrus Baraghoush, a director of coordinated patient services for UCLA Health, won one of the two vacant renter’s seats. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin)
Westwood residents can sing at a new karaoke lounge in Rocket Fizz, a candy shop on Broxton Avenue. The karaoke lounge is the newest addition to the candy store’s Rocket Room, a private party room on the store’s second floor. Read more...
Photo: Rocket Fizz, a candy store in Westwood Village, added a karaoke lounge earlier this month. Customers can reserve the room for two-hour periods. (Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)
About 100 residents at a retirement home in Westwood Village have until November to move out of their units to allow for an extensive renovation of the building. Read more...
Photo: Watermark Retirement Communities representatives will meet with city officials Tuesday to evaluate different solutions to the residents’ housing problem. (Wesley Hardin/Daily Bruin)
Students are now able to drink beer and cocktails at a bar and tavern that opened Dec. 8 at the corner of Gayley and Weyburn avenues. Read more...
More than 200 residents and businesses are without power after an outage in Westwood on Sunday night. Power went out at about 7:55 p.m., said a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokesperson. Read more...
Photo: Some Westwood businesses and residents are without power. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)
