A new pizza restaurant in Westwood is serving up Italian and New York-style food. King of New York Pizza opened at the corner of Gayley and Kinross avenues April 3. Read more...
Photo: Kony Pizza, which serves Italian and New York-style food, opened on the corner of Gayley and Kinross avenues April 3. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students and Westwood community members will be able to vote for a new neighborhood council May 22. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students, homeowners and business owners, submitted an application to create a new neighborhood council in December, arguing the current WWNC does not adequately represent students or address their concerns. Read more...
Photo: The Westwood Forward coalition is advocating for a new neighborhood council for Westwood. The vote to approve the new council will be held Tuesday, May 22. (Ryan Leu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A portion of Sunset Boulevard will be restricted to two lanes over the weekend because of street resurfacing. The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services will cold plane and resurface the portion of the street from Westwood Plaza to Veteran Avenue, according to a media release. Read more...
Sydney Kamlager will be the representative for the state assembly district representing Westwood, following a special election Tuesday. Los Angeles County voters from parts of West Los Angeles, including Culver City, Inglewood, Baldwin Hills and Westwood, voted in Kamlager, a Democrat and president of the LA Community College District Board, as the next assembly member for District 54. Read more...
Photo: (Sydney Kamlager, the president of LA Community College District Board, is the next assembly member for District 54, which includes Westwood and UCLA.. Photo courtesy of Kamlager for Assembly)
BruinBus plans to change its routes and add additional stops starting April 16. BruinBus, a year-round bus service students and faculty can use to travel around campus and areas near UCLA, will operate two new routes in clockwise and counterclockwise loops, according to UCLA Transportation. Read more...
Photo: BruinBus, which provides year-round transportation to students and faculty traveling around campus, will be adding new stops to its routes starting April 16. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students can now slurp up ramen at another restaurant in Westwood. Kopan Ramen, a restaurant that serves Japanese-style noodles with meat broth, opened its 10th location in Westwood on March 27. Read more...
Photo: Kopan Ramen, a new restaurant in Westwood, specializes in tonkatsu, or pork broth ramen. The restaurant specifically caters to teenagers and college-aged people. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
City officials have approved an election for students and Westwood community members to create a new neighborhood council. Westwood Forward, a coalition of students and Westwood community members, submitted an application to subdivide the Westwood Neighborhood Council in December because they felt the current council did not adequately represent students or address their concerns. Read more...
Photo: Michael Skiles, an organizer for Westwood Forward, said students and some Westwood community members want to create a new neighborhood council that better represents their interests. The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment will host an election May 22 to decide whether the current Westwood Neighborhood Council should be split apart. (Jacob Preal/Daily Bruin senior staff)
