With signatures scrawled all over the walls and swarms of students lined up outside, the Boiling Crab was bustling around 4 p.m. Tuesday, having opened just a week ago. Read more...
Photo: The Boiling Crab opened in the former Westwood Brewing Company, or Brew Co., location on Feb. 9. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin)
University police released photos Tuesday of a man wanted for robbing a UCLA employee at a Westwood ATM earlier this month. Police said the man came up to the employee at a Bank of America machine on Westwood Boulevard, then told the employee to give him money and that he had a gun. Read more...
Photo: University police are looking for a man wanted for robbing a UCLA employee in a Westwood ATM. (UCPD)
Westwood residents and commuters are now able to buy tickets for the Commuter Express bus system on California’s first mobile ticketing app for public transportation. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation launched the LA Mobile app, which allows bus riders to check schedules and purchase tickets for the Commuter Express and DASH bus systems, at a public event Tuesday. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council meets monthly to discuss issues pertaining to Westwood Village and the surrounding areas. Outreach and communications chair Lisa Chapman said the council helped with the Westwood homeless count on Jan. Read more...
Firat Uran struggled to find housing and set up his insurance and bank account when he moved to UCLA from Istanbul, Turkey. A student in the UCLA Extension program, Uran said he found it difficult to adjust to Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Extension student Firat Uran juggles the demands of his Westwood Adaptation 101 company and his schoolwork with poise, including tours of Westwood that begin at the Hammer Museum. (Heidy Cadena/Daily Bruin)
When it comes to lighting the streets of Westwood’s North Village, many students are in the dark. Improving poorly lit areas of Westwood is an issue that has cycled in and out of Undergraduate Students Association Council elections and local government meetings for decades. Read more...
