Westwood Village will soon be home to the first Los Angeles franchise of the popular Midwestern sandwich chain Jimmy John’s. The restaurant will open in August in a vacant space on Westwood Boulevard next to D’Amore’s Pizza, just north of Lindbrook Drive, said Rick Chancellor, western region vice president for the McDevitt Company. Read more...
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April 17, 1:12 am
Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant to open near UCLA
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April 9, 1:19 pm
Seven candidates run for Waxman’s congressional seat
Four Democrats, one Republican and two Independents have announced they are vying for the Congressional seat that oversees UCLA’s district. The Rothenberg Political Report, which rates the degree of certainty that one political party will win a seat, rated the district of Rep. Read more...
Photo: Courtesy of Marianne Williamson
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April 2, 12:00 am
Bruins Night Out dishes great deals for students
Westwood’s sixth Bruin’s Night Out event will take place Wednesday night, with more than 40 deals or discounts for UCLA students and a free premier screening of the new season of the television series “Game of Thrones.” The event, which was first held in 2011, will organized by the Westwood Community Council, the undergraduate student government’s Campus Events Commission and General Representative 1 office and, for the first time, HBO. Read more...
Photo: For the first time since Bruins Night Out was started three years ago, a TV show, “Game of Thrones,” will screen a preview showing during the event. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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March 30, 7:38 pm
Taiwanese students, residents protest China trade deal at federal building
Hundreds of Taiwanese students and California residents rallied by the Wilshire Federal Building Sunday to protest a trade deal between the Taiwanese government and Beijing, which they believe will compromise Taiwan’s economic independence from China. Read more...
Photo: Protesters gathered in front of the Federal Building in Westwood to protest a trade deal in Taiwan. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
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March 20, 6:48 pm
UCPD breaks up post-Undie Run parties with pepper balls, patrols
University police broke up parties in the North Village after the quarterly Undie Run early Thursday morning using crowd control methods witnesses described as excessive. Read more...
Photo: Police patrolled the area around Landfair Avenue after Undie Run early Thursday morning. (Courtesy of Andrew Tudor)
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March 17, 2:28 pm
UCLA students awakened by magnitude 4.4 earthquake
Many students were awakened Monday by an early morning 4.4 magnitude earthquake. Read more...
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March 10, 1:53 am
Road to recovery for Westwood still rough despite measures undertaken
Businesses in Westwood don’t often stay for long. Since February 2010, at least 111 fast-food shops, restaurants, retail stores and service businesses in the Village have shut their doors, while 100 new ones opened. Read more...
Photo: Businesses have come and gone through Westwood at a relatively high rate. Westwood officials have been working on revitalizing the area for several years. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin)