Noodle World closed its doors Friday after two decades of business in Westwood.
The pan-Asian restaurant on Westwood Boulevard will vacate its space when its lease ends Thursday.

The plain night sky above Bruin Plaza was lit by hundreds of candlelights Thursday.
Students held the candles in silence, mourning professor William Klug, who was killed in a murder-suicide Wednesday.

Aaron Jiang and Jerry Yan begin their trek from the San Gabriel Valley east of Los Angeles to Westwood Village every day at 9 a.m., with three Northern Cafe employees in each of their cars.

Some Westwood smoke shop owners and UCLA students disagreed on the effectiveness of a new law that will increase the smoking age in California to 21 on June 9.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a set of smoking-related bills Wednesday, including a bill that raises the legal smoking age for tobacco from 18 to 21.
The bills also expand no-smoking areas to cover all areas of public schools and places restrictions on electronic cigarette use.

A UCLA-owned apartment complex will be demolished and rebuilt over two years to almost triple the building’s current occupancy.
The Margan Apartments, a seven-story, 39-unit apartment building on Levering Avenue will be rebuilt from July 2017 to 2019 to have 42 units and up to 10 stories, said Peter Angelis, assistant vice chancellor of Housing and Hospitality Services.

The University Religious Conference at UCLA, which houses several student organizations, will vote to sell its Hilgard Avenue property April 14.
The URC building, built in 1951, hosts a variety of religious and campus-affiliated organizations including UCLA UniCamp and Meals on Wheels of West Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $1.4 billion sidewalk repair program Tuesday that will shift sidewalk maintenance responsibilities from the city to property owners.

A Santa Monica-based Hawaiian seafood restaurant will open its second branch in Westwood Village by early summer.
Sweetfin Poké will be located at 800 Degrees’ old to-go location next to Peet’s Coffee and Tea on Westwood Boulevard.

Stan and Wendy Shane recall watching lines of young couples in their 20s snake around the corner of Broxton and Weyburn avenues, waiting to enter their jewelry store.