A new doner kebab restaurant featuring international flavors will open its doors in Westwood on Wednesday. Bob Kaufman, founder and chief executive officer of SpireWorks, said his travels to Turkey, where doner kebabs originated, inspired him to open a restaurant in the United States. Read more...
Photo: SpireWorks, a doner kebab restaurant that cooks meat on a vertical rotisserie, will open Wednesday in Westwood Village. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
It takes one and a half hours to drive from one end of Los Angeles County to the other without traffic. Because it is so large, the LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk flies ballots from the outskirts of the county, such as Catalina Island and Lancaster, by helicopter to its election headquarters in Norwalk, California, said Jennifer Stern, an administrative service manager at the county registrar office. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk has 14 computers like this one that can read 1000 cards a minute. (Jeong Park/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Jasmine Shamolian, a field representative for Councilman Paul Koretz, said she is working on a project that would plant trees on Westwood Boulevard after several trees were illegally cut down throughout Westwood. Read more...
Los Angeles residents voted Tuesday to fund transportation improvements and solutions to homelessness. Measure M, which would levy a half-cent sales tax to expand LA county transportation systems, passed with almost 70 percent approval. Read more...
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 10:55 p.m. Undergraduate student government leaders are gathering data to help address problems with off-campus housing. Undergraduate Students Association Council President Danny Siegel said his office started compiling information about rent prices and renters’ rights in the fall. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate Students’ Association Government President Danny Siegel wants to raise awareness about high off-campus rents and improve relations between first-time student tenants and landlords. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students walking down Broxton Avenue can stop to see colorful gelato ice pops covered with chocolate and nuts through the window of a food truck. The truck bears the slogan, “From Italy with Love.” Stickhouse, an Italian company serving creamy gelato and fruity sorbets on popsicle sticks, drives through Westwood Village three days a week. Read more...
Photo: Stickhouse, an Italian gelato and sorbet truck, started driving in Westwood Village one month ago, usually driving on Broxton Avenue or Westwood Boulevard. (Courtesy of Desiree Samento)
