Monday, May 11


Big Play Date draws local families, community to Broxton Plaza

Families gathered in Broxton Plaza on Saturday for the Big Play Date – an event featuring face painting, story reading, a petting zoo and other children’s activities. Read more...

Photo: A child paints at the Big Play Date event in Westwood Plaza. The event included family-oriented activities like art projects and a petting zoo. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Data shows UCPD disproportionately stops Black, Hispanic people, raising concerns

This post was updated April 12 at 9:32 p.m. Together, Black and Hispanic people make up less than a quarter of Westwood’s population – and 27.5% of UCLA’s student body – yet more than half of the people UCPD stopped between July 2024 and July 2025 were reported to be those ethnicities. Read more...

Photo: A line of UCPD cars is shown in a parking lot. More than half of the people UCPD stopped between July 2024 and June 2025 were Black or Hispanic, data showed. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)



Roebling Avenue fire put out following UCLA women’s basketball championship win

This post was updated April 6 at 12:41 a.m. UCPD and the Los Angeles Fire Department put out a fire on Roebling Avenue at around 10:35 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Firefighters extinguish a fire on Roebling Avenue Sunday night. A crowd of people lit a pile of objects – including branches and furniture – on fire at around 10:25 p.m. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)



Santa Monica man arrested twice by UCPD for alleged kidnapping, rape

This post was updated March 24 at 4:22 p.m. UCPD arrested a Santa Monica man Friday after he allegedly trapped two UCLA students in his vehicle and threatened them earlier this month.  The man allegedly drove half a mile through Westwood while refusing to let the students leave his vehicle, according to a Tuesday UCPD press release. Read more...

Photo: A UCPD car drives down a street on campus. UCPD detectives arrested a Santa Monica man twice this month – once for allegedly trapping two students inside his vehicle and again for an October sexual assault. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)