The Westwood Village Improvement Association is finding new ways to engage students and community members.
Events held in Westwood throughout the academic year – such as the annual Westwood Village Block Party and monthly Bruin Flea – seek to encourage students to interact with Westwood businesses and other small vendors, said Megan Furey, the director of programs and partnerships for WVIA.

A task force is considering new ways to revamp UCLA’s general education program, including considering making cluster program participation mandatory for first-year students.
The task force, which consists of professors across departments, was created to redesign current GE requirements and create a plan to implement the new changes.

This post was updated June 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Los Angeles Metro will soon have its first chief of police and emergency management.
Metro announced in a May 7 statement that William Scott, who was the San Francisco Police Department’s chief for eight years and worked for LAPD for 27 years, will lead the new Transit Community Public Safety Department.

The sole candidate for the Undergraduate Students Association Council external vice president pledged to allocate advocacy funding to students and protect retention programs during a Thursday debate. 
The USA Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election.

This post was updated May 4 at 9:37 p.m.
Eight candidates for the Undergraduate Students Association Council general representative attended a debate Wednesday.
The USA Elections Board and the Daily Bruin co-hosted a series of debates between candidates in the upcoming USAC election.

This post was updated April 29 at 11:05 p.m.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the city has made progress in fire recovery, crime and homelessness but faces a budget deficit in her April 21 State of the City address.

This post was updated April 18 at 12:05 a.m.
The United States Customs and Border Protection detained a UCLA student at the U.S.-Mexico border, leading hundreds of community members to protest Thursday.

The Los Angeles City Council honored graduate students at the Luskin School of Public Affairs on Friday for their studies in public policy, urban planning and social welfare.

This post was updated Feb. 9 at 11:05 p.m.
Some Westwood residents lost power twice Saturday.
Residents living on Glenrock Avenue, Levering Avenue and Midvale Avenue reported power outages beginning around 2:10 p.m., with power still out as of 3:35 p.m.

This post was updated Feb. 2 at 9:12 p.m.
Gem-toned textiles, creamy matcha lattes and live music brought students and the Westwood community together for the UCLA Radio Los Angeles fire relief flea market Jan.