Families gathered in Broxton Plaza on Saturday for the Big Play Date – an event featuring face painting, story reading, a petting zoo and other children’s activities.

This post was updated April 12 at 9:32 p.m.
Together, Black and Hispanic people make up less than a quarter of Westwood’s population – and 27.5% of UCLA’s student body – yet more than half of the people UCPD stopped between July 2024 and July 2025 were reported to be those ethnicities.

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Maggie Konecky, Assistant News Editor. Interactive by Ayushi Kadakia, Data Editor.
UCPD recorded 576 unique entries in its March 1 to March 31 daily crime log.

This post was updated April 6 at 12:41 a.m.
UCPD and the Los Angeles Fire Department put out a fire on Roebling Avenue at around 10:35 p.m.

The North Westwood Neighborhood Council elected a new at-large board member at its monthly meeting March 4.
The council, which represents UCLA and Westwood Village, meets on the first Wednesday of every month at UCLA’s Weyburn Terrace.

This post was updated March 24 at 4:22 p.m.
UCPD arrested a Santa Monica man Friday after he allegedly trapped two UCLA students in his vehicle and threatened them earlier this month. 
The man allegedly drove half a mile through Westwood while refusing to let the students leave his vehicle, according to a Tuesday UCPD press release.

This post was updated March 19 at 1:15 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents’s Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended a budget of $351 million to build new UCLA student housing on Levering Ave.