This post was updated May 15 at 10:43 p.m.
Audri Chang’s curly, silver hair and thick, black glasses are unmistakable as the 71-year-old restaurant owner shuffles between rustic tables, balancing platters of steaming food and exchanging friendly small talk with customers.

This post was updated May 6 at 12:05 p.m.
Bruins will vote for next year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council during a weeklong voting period starting Friday.

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council heard updates on wildfire relief efforts during their February meeting.
The NWWNC, which represents UCLA and Westwood Village to the Los Angeles City Council, holds meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at Weyburn Commons.

This post was updated Feb. 27 at 7:51 p.m.
The same week wildfires ravaged Los Angeles, President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders pushing back on environmental goals.

This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:32 p.m.
Driverless taxis are no longer futuristic dreams for Angelenos.
Autonomous ride-hailing platform Waymo launched to the Los Angeles public last November, deploying around 100 vehicles in a 79-square-mile area from Santa Monica to downtown.

This post was updated Jan. 28 at 8:49 p.m.
Thousands of students may face the consequences of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and immigration reform plans when he takes office Monday.

Before my wife turned vegetarian, I’d always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way,” I read as I flipped to the first page of Han Kang’s “The Vegetarian.”
The novel, which I had picked up while cleaning our cluttered living room coffee table, was strewn among the many books that fed my mother’s voracious reading habits.

This post was updated Jan. 26 at 9:11 p.m.
Last month, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz – famous for its early investments in companies such as Instagram, Airbnb, Pinterest and Roblox – officially opened a new office in Santa Monica.

This post was updated June 5 at 8:02 p.m. 
Social media platform TikTok and e-commerce companies SHEIN and Temu have recently gained prevalence in the United States, particularly among college students.