Los Angeles college students may be able to buy cheaper Metro bus passes in August through a partnership between LA County Metro and Los Angeles universities. Read more...
Photo: LA County Metro officials are working with universities to offer a cheaper bus pass for Los Angeles college students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Apartments near planned Metro stations have seen an increase in rent of up to 45 percent, according to a study released in March by an apartment search service. Read more...
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $1.4 billion sidewalk repair program Tuesday that will shift sidewalk maintenance responsibilities from the city to property owners. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $1.4 billion sidewalk repair program Tuesday that will put individual landowners in charge of maintenance. (Mischa Rajendiran/Daily Bruin)
Water service to apartments in the North Village and some buildings on campus will be reduced following a water main break Tuesday afternoon. A crew is currently fixing a 12-inch pipe that burst underneath Veteran Avenue and Strathmore Drive, said Kim Hughes, spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Read more...
County transportation officials announced a potential sales tax measure Friday that would fund the completion of the Purple Line by 2024 and build a train that runs from Westwood to the Los Angeles International Airport, among other transportation projects. Read more...
Photo: LA Metro officials released a plan for a potential half-cent sales tax increase, which would fund the Purple Line and a train from Westwood to LAX. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. The BID was created by property and business owners in August 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Comments by public officials Carmen Healey, assistant director of UCLA Community and Local Government Relations, introduced Rachel Kennison, assistant director at the Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences, to speak about the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge. Read more...
