UCLA students and staff will have a new option for commuting to the San Fernando Valley starting in December when a Metro bus line begins service through the Sepulveda Pass. Read more...
Photo: People wait in line to board a Metro Rapid bus on Wilshire Boulevard. A new express bus service will launch in December, connecting Westwood and the Valley. (Daily Bruin file photo)
At a forum on Tuesday at UCLA, the two candidates running to represent L.A. County’s 3rd District stressed the importance of having experience while in office, but clashed on the types of experience they considered most valuable. Read more...
Los Angeles police say a 25-year-old man sexually assaulted a woman he hired as an escort in Westwood about two weeks ago. Police said Virenkumar Patel met the unidentified woman on Levering Avenue early on Aug. Read more...
Two Westwood associations have asked city officials to investigate local storefront signs after a Westwood councilmember claimed they promote activities that violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, though it is unclear whether those claims are valid. Read more...
Photo: A sign in a Westwood storefront offers delivery and courier services to Iran. (Courtesy of Roozbeh Farahanipour)
Several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the Wilshire Federal Building Sunday, holding signs and flags to show their support for Israel in light of its current conflict with Hamas. Read more...
Photo: Demonstrators gathered along Wilshire Boulevard Sunday to show their support for Israel and condemn the actions of Hamas. (Sam Hoff/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An anti-Semitic flier with swastikas was found under the door of a business run by Jewish individuals in Westwood on Tuesday. Boruch Cunin, a rabbi at the Chabad House at UCLA, said the business owner and an employee later came to him to discuss the flier. Read more...
Priyanka Tripuraneni needed a way to move her box spring and mattress to her new apartment down the street for the summer. The two items were impossible to fit in her small car. Read more...
Photo: Five associates, including UCLA alumnus Adam Jacobs, created Buddytruk, an on-demand moving, hauling, delivery and courier service, which launched on Aug. 1 in West Los Angeles. (Angie Wang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
