Instead of showing IDs or digging through pockets for quarters, students and commuters will soon be able to board the Santa Monica Big Blue Bus by using Transit Access Pass, or TAP, cards. Read more...
Photo: The Big Blue Bus line that runs to Santa Monica will be the first to adopt the TAP card system, allowing passengers to pay for their ride without cash. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Los Angeles City Council passed a motion last month to reduce the number of long-term parking spots in the Broxton Avenue public parking structure, increasing the availability of free short-term parking in Westwood. Read more...
Photo: The Broxton Avenue parking garage will have more short-term parking spots available starting in the spring. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated on Dec. 13 at 5:39 p.m. A UCLA student died in his Westwood apartment early Saturday morning in what police are investigating as a possible suicide. Read more...
The Westwood Neighborhood Council passed a motion Wednesday calling for improved service from the LAX FlyAway shuttle. The FlyAway, an hourly bus service between LAX and Westwood, is popular among UCLA students traveling for university holidays. Read more...
Photo: A student steps aboard the Westwood FlyAway shuttle, which is now facing scrutiny from the Westwood Neighborhood Council for alleged recent service problems. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The closure of Tiverton Drive for the construction of a new UCLA Health building has drawn criticism from some cyclists and the UCLA Bicycle Academy. The construction of the Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences has been ongoing since September 2013 and is expected to end in fall 2016, according to a university statement. Read more...
Photo: Tiverton Drive has been closed since September 2013 because of construction on the Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences, which is expected to end in fall 2016. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students shopping at the Ralphs supermarket in Westwood this week will enter a store that has nearly doubled in size, after an expansion to the store opened last week. Read more...
Photo: The recent expansion to Ralphs in Westwood makes it the largest Ralphs in the state. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
About 30 protesters marched around campus and in Westwood Monday to protest a grand jury’s non-indictment of a Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown. Read more...
Photo: Students protest the grand jury’s decision to not indict Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson near Bruin Plate on the Hill. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)
