Westwood and UCLA community members recall the 1984 Summer Olympics with fondness and pride as the Los Angeles 2024 Exploratory Committee refines its bid to host the Games again in 2024. Read more...
Photo: The Olympic All-American Band marches out of the 1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremony held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. In the background, the crowd uses cards to form the flags of the participating nations. (Courtesy of Gordon Henderson)
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 Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
University police is searching for a man who hit a UCLA student with a bottle during a fight at a fraternity party late Saturday. A man entered Sigma Phi Epsilon’s house on Landfair Avenue about 11:30 p.m. Read more...
Photo: University police is searching for a man who hit a UCLA student with a bottle during a fight at a fraternity party late Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
L.A. County Metro asked for about $2 billion in federal funding so it can expedite the Purple Line Extension project to Westwood by 2024 for Los Angeles’ bid to host the Summer Olympics that year. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Comments by public officials Chris Ragsdale, Los Angeles Police Department’s senior lead officer for Westwood, said crime is decreasing in the city after a 20 to 30 percent increase at the start of the year. Read more...
A West Los Angeles community group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city, calling for the Los Angeles City Council to rescind its approval of the L.A. Read more...
Photo: A West Los Angeles community group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city, calling for the Los Angeles City Council to rescind its approval of the L.A. Mobility Plan 2035. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A new hotel on the southeast side of Westwood Village aimed at long-term guests will become the only hotel in the area to require a 30-night minimum stay once it opens in December. Read more...
Photo: A new hotel being built in Westwood Village will accommodate long stays of 30 nights or more starting December. (Courtesy of Scott Gold)
