One block away from UCLA, one day a week, vendors line up under shaded booths on Broxton Avenue to sell everything from salmon to skin care products. Read more...
Photo: Cori Jacobs is a grammy-nominated composer and keyboardist who has worked with big names such as the Pussycat Dolls and Beyonce. He left a job at a Fortune-500 company for music on the advice of his mentor, a spoken-word poet. (Sofia Gonzalez/Daily Bruin)
Over $1 billion in federal funding will finance the last section of a subway line extension to Westwood. The United States Department of Transportation granted $1.3 billion on Tuesday for Section 3 of the Purple Line extension, a subway line that will connect Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles by 2027. Read more...
Photo: A planned subway extension connecting Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles received a $1.3 billion federal grant on Tuesday. The funding will help Metro complete the project by 2027.(Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Feb. 17 at 3:18 p.m. Developers demolished the former location of popular sports bar, Sepi’s, to make way for medical office space. Read more...
Photo: A vacant lot on the intersection of Gayley Avenue and Le Conte Avenue is closed off for the construction of a planned four-story medical building. The new building also replaces the former location of Sepi’s, which closed in April 2019. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A Tijuana-inspired taco franchise launched its second Los Angeles storefront in Westwood with a free taco promotion Friday evening. Victor Delgado and Jorge Alvarez-Tostado, the owners of Tacos 1986, created the franchise back in 2018 as a taco stand traveling around Los Angeles, making stops in Venice, Smorgasburg and Koreatown. Read more...
Photo: Clients eat tacos on the white counters in front of Tacos 1986, a Tijuana, Mexico, inspired taco joint that opened in Westwood Village on Friday. The red-and-white shop features an open kitchen and no seating. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The local neighborhood council granted nearly $5,000 on Wednesday to an alumnus’ annual nonprofit music festival in Westwood Village, about $1,000 less than last year. Far Out Fest, previously known as Westwoodstock, will showcase local, emerging artists May 2. Read more...
Photo: Far Out Fest, a local music festival, was held on Broxton Avenue last year and it will return to that location May 2. The festival will be funded in part by a nearly $5,000 grant by the North Westwood Neighborhood Council. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
The recent arrival of new boba shops in Westwood Village has given students more options to get their boba fix. The Village has seen the opening of two boba places in the past two months: Ichi, which replaced its fellow boba shop, CoCo Fresh Tea and Juice on Le Conte Avenue, and Sharetea at UCLA on Broxton Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Sharetea, a boba franchise based in Taiwan, opened on Broxton Avenue toward the end of last year. The shop joins fellow Westwood Village tea shops It’s Boba Time, Ichi Tea and Sushi, and Junbi. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)
