City officials implemented a demand-based parking program Thursday that limits Westwood residents and visitors to two hours of street parking at a time. Los Angeles Department of Transportation officials developed the Express Park program in 2012 to decrease parking traffic in L.A. Read more...
Photo: Mayor Eric Garcetti, among other city officials, arrived in Westwood Village on Thursday afternoon for the launch of Express Park, a new parking program. (Westwood Village Improvement Association)
The owner of Musashiya Udon Noodle wanted to open his first U.S. location in Westwood Village because his father grew up in an era when the Village was considered the center of all L.A. Read more...
Photo: Japanese restaurant Musashiya Udon Noodle, an udon noodle restaurant chain that originated in Japan, opened across the street from Whole Foods Market last week. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a UCLA student’s North Village apartment Friday night. A third-year psychology student said a man peeked into her third-floor apartment bathroom window on Kelton Avenue about 9 p.m. Read more...
Westwood community members and students chanted while marching to the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard Sunday to protest what they claimed was the Israeli occupation of areas such as West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Read more...
Photo: Westwood community members and students chanted while marching Sunday to the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard. (Nis Hamid/Daily Bruin)
University police are searching for two men, one of whom brandished a firearm at a UCLA student and her friend in Westwood Village early Friday. The student reported that two men approached her and her friend about 1:30 a.m. Read more...
Twitching corpses, shaking ghouls and blow-up Star Wars characters appear on Westwood Boulevard every fall. They are housed within the doors of the Halloween Club, the seasonal pop-up shop and extension of the Aahs! Read more...
Photo: In 1986, Jack Bhasin bought out the previously owned Aahs! store in Westwood and ran the business with his wife, his cousin and his uncle. Nine years later, the owners brought a Halloween Club to Westwood. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)
Topa Management, a property management company, announced Tuesday a high-end kitchenware store will open in Westwood Village next spring. Sur La Table, which will open at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue, will sell kitchenware and offer on-site cooking classes, said Rick Chancellor, vice president of the McDevitt Company. Read more...
Photo: Topa Management announced Tuesday Sur La Table will open at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Weyburn Avenue next spring. (Mackenzie Possee/Daily Bruin)
