This post was updated March 11 at 4:40 p.m.
The Metro Board amended the budget of The LA Metro Purple Line Extension Project from $1.4 billion to $3.2 billion at its meeting Feb.

This post was updated Oct. 18 at 5:15 p.m. University police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a UCLA student Friday. The man sexually assaulted a female student between midnight and 12:30 a.m.

University police are searching for a suspect in a Tuesday burglary at the UCLA Guest House.
Several visitors at the UCLA Guest House said they found several of their personal belongings missing around 1 p.m., according to the UCPD alert.

A group running for positions on the new North Westwood Neighborhood Council announced its slate of candidates Wednesday.
Westwood Forward, the coalition that campaigned for the creation of the NWWNC, released a group of slate candidates that features representatives drawn from UCLA students, Westwood residents and business owners.

The Los Angeles Metro received the federal funding needed to begin work on a new extension connecting Westwood to Century City.
According to a Century City/Westwood News report, the approval of LA Metro’s request for funding reimbursement will allow the Metro to be selective in competitive bids for the boring of the metro tunnel.

Electric scooter riders in Los Angeles will be able to have scooters delivered to their front doors.
Electric scooter company Bird Rides, Inc. announced Thursday it plans to launch its new service Bird Delivery, which is designed to aid riders who want to make scooters a regular fixture of their daily travel.

The number of reported sexual assaults on or near campus increased by 38 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to an annual report released by university police.

Users of Bird scooters will no longer be able to ride their scooters on Bruin Walk.
As riders approach Bruin Walk, their scooters will slow to a stop so they can walk them or dismount entirely, according to an email Bird Rides Inc.

The Interfraternity Council voted Tuesday to ban all drinks over 15 percent alcohol by volume at in-house fraternity events.
In a statement released by the council, the IFC Executive Board and Presidents’ Council also announced the passage of changes to their risk management policies during a regular council meeting.

UCLA fraternities that are members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference will be responsible for enforcing a ban on hard alcohol from their events and houses over the course of the next year.