Amid the coronavirus pandemic, shelves and streets are cleared as people stock up to stay home. Read more...
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March 20, 2:27 pm
LA City Council, NWWNC take measures to protect homeless amid COVID-19 pandemic
Westwood stakeholders are mobilizing to counteract the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on locals experiencing homelessness. North Westwood Neighborhood Council President Michael Skiles authorized a $1,000 emergency fund March 12 using the Neighborhood Council Emergency Authority. Read more...
Photo: With residents ordered to remain at home, many people are still out on the streets and camped at parks in Westwood. To help them, North Westwood Neighborhood Council President Michael Skiles approved $1,000 to supply locals experiencing homelessness with food and necessities during the pandemic. (Sofia Gonzalez/Daily Bruin)
A Closer Look, Campus, News, UC, Westwood
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March 16, 11:03 pm
Faculty housing project prioritization points to larger affordability concerns
A planned faculty housing building on Hilgard Avenue will continue to prioritize tenure-track faculty over adjunct professors or lecturers, according to UCLA media relations. Ladder-rank or tenure-track faculty are prioritized for faculty housing over appointees in the clinical professor series, adjunct professor series and lecturers at UCLA. Read more...
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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March 15, 10:31 pm
LA Mayor Garcetti orders closure of bars and restaurants to slow spread of COVID-19
This post was updated March 16 at 10:59 p.m. Bars, restaurants and nightclubs across the city must close at midnight Sunday following an executive order from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive order Sunday closing all bars, dine-in restaurants and nightclubs in an effort to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. LA County has 69 cases of the disease, including one death, as of Sunday.
A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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March 11, 11:56 pm
WVIA to consider whether it should change how it approves business signage
A local business district committee is looking to amend a costly and slow storefront signage process. The Westwood Village Improvement Association planning and mobility committee met with Los Angeles City planning assistant Julia Duncan on March 4 to relay complaints from prospective businesses about storefront signage. Read more...
Photo: New businesses in Westwood Village must go through an extensive approval process for their storefront signs. In the meantime, many businesses opt to put up banners. Some stakeholders have called the process unnecessarily cumbersome. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Los Angeles, News, Westwood
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March 8, 11:36 pm
NWWNC approves grants to provide library aide, compost program, Access Day
The local neighborhood council approved three grants for neighborhood projects during a board meeting Wednesday. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council, an organization that represents Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council, granted neighborhood purpose grants for a computer aide at the Westwood Library, a compost program at the Farmers’ Market and a homelessness outreach event. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council approved three grants during its Wednesday meeting to fund a computer aide at the Westwood Library, a compost program at the Westwood Farmers’ Market and a homelessness outreach event by the local business improvement district. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A Closer Look, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Westwood
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March 6, 1:03 am
NWWNC advocates for changes to Westwood specific plan to stimulate business
Some Westwood Village zoning regulations may be reduced or eliminated if the city follows recommendations from a local neighborhood council. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council, a body representing UCLA and the Village to the Los Angeles City Council, recommended changes to food and parking regulations in the Village’s 1989 zoning and regulatory framework known as the Westwood Village Specific Plan. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council recommended Los Angeles City Planning reduce or remove food and parking regulations in Westwood Village during a board meeting Wednesday. The council hopes the changes will attract more businesses to the Village. (Daily Bruin file photo)