The North Westwood Neighborhood Council requested a budget increase from the city of Los Angeles during its March meeting to enhance its ability to allocate money to the Westwood community.

For about a week, residents of the University Cooperative Housing Association didn’t need an alarm clock – they were roused by a rooster’s crowing.
The rooster, who was deemed “Baraaack” – after former president Barack Obama – lived in a then-vacant lot near the co-op – a student-led, nonprofit housing space – from April 6 to April 14.

This post was updated May 23 at 12:30 a.m.
Students and community members woke up early Saturday morning to pick up trash at the North Westwood community cleanup.

This post was updated May 16 at 12:43 a.m.
A new Westwood Chinese restaurant opened in March following a trend of Westwood restaurant closures in recent years.

Inmaculada García-Sánchez used to conduct research at a Los Angeles church, where the gates were open to all.
But the church now looks like a fortress, she said.

UCPD recorded 644 unique entries in its April daily crime log.
University police received 160 crime reports from April 1 to 30 that resulted in active police cases.

This post was updated April 29 at 11:06 p.m.
Andrew Loustalot’s first home at UCLA was the university apartments.
Loustalot, a third-year anthropology student, lives in a four-bedroom, eight-person unit in Palo Verde, a university apartment.