This post was updated May 14 at 9:09 p.m.
The USA Elections Board disqualified a third transfer student representative candidate from the Undergraduate Students Association Council elections Tuesday. 
Dayanara Flores, a third-year English student, was disqualified after providing misleading, incomplete and erroneous campaign finance information, the elections board said in a notice of finding.

This article was updated May 10 at 8:34 p.m.
LA Metro opened the D Line subway extension Friday, connecting downtown to Beverly Hills. 
Hundreds gathered at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Wilshire/Fairfax at 8:30 a.m.

Long-awaited sidewalk repairs are coming to Westwood this year, according to documents from the Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering.
The city will repair sidewalks in areas in Westwood, including parts of Veteran Avenue, Levering Avenue, Landfair Avenue and Gayley Avenue, according to a pending request document from the bureau.

A senior lecturer of Russian and Czech received an excellence in teaching award for expanding Russian and Slavic language education.
The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages awarded Susan Kresin, a senior lecturer of Russian and Czech who joined UCLA’s faculty in 1996, with the annual national distinction.

This post was updated April 9 at 9:19 p.m.
I am used to feeling like an audience member in my professors’ lectures.
Their passion for their research usually plays like a live YouTube video essay.

This post was updated March 4  at 12:16 p.m.
Flooding broke out in Saxon Suites on Tuesday afternoon, impacting 30 units. 
A water main break at Saxon caused units on the ground floor of houses E, F and G to flood, UCLA Housing said in a Tuesday emailed statement.

This post was updated Feb. 24 at 11:42 p.m.
Fast-food chain Jollibee will tentatively be coming to Westwood in 2026, according to the Westwood Village Improvement Association’s annual report.

This post was updated Feb. 22 at 10:22 p.m.
UCLA Housing is discontinuing 10-person university apartments for the 2026-27 academic year.
UCLA released its housing application Jan.

This post was updated Dec. 16 at 8:32 p.m.
UCLA’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha is celebrating 100 years of community and belonging.
Alpha Kappa Alpha – a Black Greek-letter sorority – was founded at Howard University in 1908.

This post was updated Oct. 30 at 11:17 p.m.
Fat Sal’s in Westwood temporarily closed Wednesday because of health code violations.
A notice posted on the storefront window said the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had shut the location down, citing the presence of vermin.