The Westwood Community Council meets several times a year to discuss issues relevant to the Westwood Village business and residential community. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer answered questions from councilmembers about the duties of the city attorney’s office, as well as issues regarding food truck parking, illegal billboards and homeless encampments. Read more...
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March 18, 12:41 pm
Westwood Community Council recap – March 17
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March 12, 5:09 pm
Westwood Neighborhood Council recap – March 11
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Discussion Several public commentators expressed their desire to pursue discussions about establishing bike lanes in Westwood Village. Read more...
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March 5, 3:16 am
Smart meters to improve parking, decrease traffic in Westwood
Los Angeles transportation officials plan to launch a new pricing system for Westwood’s parking meters in the coming months, allowing meters to change their prices depending on the time of day. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Department of Transportation officials are set to bring a new type of parking meter to Westwood in the coming months. The smart meters would change their prices depending on the time of day, with the highest prices coming between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
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March 3, 1:19 am
Panera Bread to open location in Westwood Village
Panera Bread plans to open a location in Westwood Village at the start of May, following a years-long battle to open the restaurant’s doors. The location on Westwood Boulevard has had a “Coming Soon” sign on its storefront windows since early 2013, but has postponed its opening because of complications with a Westwood land-use plan. Read more...
Photo: The new Westwood Panera Bread is under construction, and plans to open its doors as soon as May 1. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin)
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February 26, 2:07 am
UCLA community members gauge interest in new late-night ride service
Two UCLA community members are looking for student feedback as part of a potential project to start a new late-night ride service for students. Nihal Satyadev, a Westwood resident and former UCLA student, and Ian Cocroft, a third-year political science student, recently released an online survey to gauge the need for an additional ride-service program that would shuttle students to different areas in Westwood. Read more...
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February 25, 1:20 am
LADOT installs bicycle corral on Broxton Avenue
The curbside of Broxton Avenue has a new accessory – a bike corral installed earlier this month to make bicycle parking easier for workers and customers in Westwood Village. Read more...
Photo: Sameer Zaidi, a research assistant in life sciences, uses the new bike corral maintenance station on Broxton Avenue to adjust the air pressure in his tires. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
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February 20, 3:27 am
Westwood BID recap – Feb. 19
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...