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UCLA A Top 8 University, According To Times Higher Education World Ranking

UCLA is the eighth best university in the world, according to the latest Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. That's even better than last year's 13th place for the publication's World University Rankings, in which Caltech came in at No. 1. The latest showing for the Westwood campus .. ... More >>

800 Degrees Opening in Santa Monica this Fall

A new 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria will set up its wood-burning oven in Santa Monica this fall, just a little over a year after the first one opened its doors in Westwood Village. Slated for a 5,000-square-feet space at 120 Wilshire Boulevard, the latest outpost will feature a take-out area and a ... More >>

John Cage

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/5- 11/9

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "For many years, American chardonnay has been a wine category that cognoscenti love to hate, a wine whose ubiquity, confected stylings and bloat have more or less condemned it to a reputation for mediocrity, a wading pool of a ... More >>

Target's New 'City' Stores in Downtown and Westwood Preserve the Outsides But Whitewash the Insides: Our Review

See also: *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app Target's new "City" store opened this week in the the sunken shopping center at the corner of 7th and Figueroa downtown. The multi-l ... More >>

The Zipper on a Pants Suit: Harmony Gold Theater & Offices, 7655 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood

7655 Sunset Boulevard stands as a dated throwback to Hollywood's swinging mid-to-late century heydey, and just like exposed chest hair and copious gold chains, the "Harmony GOLD" signage out front really completes the look on this groovy geezer. (Blink too fast and you might mistake the sign for the ... More >>

David John Goeser, UCLA Student, Missing; Car Found in Pacific Palisades (PHOTOS)

Cops tonight were on the lookout for UCLA honors student David John Goeser, whose family says needs medication and hasn't been seen since Sunday. The 22-year-old's 2001 white Toyota Corolla was found near Los Liones Drive and Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, according to what the LAPD told Ci ... More >>

Droning on and on

Honda Accord Takes Last Parking Spot in Westwood

A Honda Accord driven by James Duffy, 27, claimed the last parking spot in Westwood on Saturday afternoon, witnesses reported, a discovery that sent shockwaves through the neighborhood near UCLA. Duffy drove up Westwood Boulevard and circled the neighborhood for more than 20 minutes before locating ... More >>

Skylight Gardens Opening in Westwood

Replacing Gardens on Glendon, Talk of the Town, Will Wright's Ice Cream Parlor and the Hamlet Gardens in Westwood Village, Skylight Gardens soft-opened Feb. 20 and will open to the public on March 1, serving Italian fare from chefs Sebastian Gonzalez (El Bulli) and Raffaele Favuzzi (Pane e Vino, Ang ... More >>

Attari: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Free Lunch For Needy UCLA Students: Are Things Really That Bad?

Cup Noodles / Nissin Foods​The whole idea behind state schools like UCLA and Cal State campuses was that anyone could get a world-class education -- you didn't need to be a Vanderbilt (or, to be more current, a Vanderpump). But as the state budget has constricted education spending and flowe ... More >>

UCLA Students to Occupy Banks in Los Angeles' Financial District Downtown Today

Nanette GonzalezOccupy denim shorts.​Updated at the bottom: Arrests in Westwood and now the occupation of a Bank of America downtown. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Following Bank Transfer Day, a movement that started here in L.A., local college students will march on banks today to protest high ... More >>

Opening and Closing in Your 'Hood: An October Restaurant Roundup

Guzzle & NoshR.I.P Gastrobus, Welcome Gastronomico​Attaining overnight success in the restaurant business is largely an urban myth (unless you're backed by a corporate restaurant group with tons of money to spend on marketing). Even a few empty seats in your new eatery can make you sweat. Whil ... More >>

Ramen Yamadaya Opening Westwood Location in November

ProfessorSalt.comRamen Yamadaya's Kotteri Ramen​ Looks like Ramen Yamadaya got one taste of the Westside and wanted more. As reported by Food GPS, having already expanded from their original Torrance location to Culver City a few weeks ago, Yamadaya will open a Westwood location in November.

'Apron Parking' Crackdown: L.A. Residents Beg City Attorney to Let Them Park Between Driveway and Sidewalk

Century City PatchRogue parkers can blame their window candy on the L.A. City Attorney.​Apron parking -- one of the only ways UCLA kids can fit all their cars in front of their packed college housing -- isn't the most legit thing in the world, admittedly. Drivers squeeze their vehicles into th ... More >>

Palestinian Chicken Conflict: Only in Curb Your Enthusiasm or Is It Real?

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: My colleagues and I are interested to know if Palestinian chicken, as featured in 
last week's Curb Your Enthusiasm, is really a dish. If so, is it something you have sampled or seen a recipe for?
 --B

Top 5 Westwood Dishes UCLA Grads Will Miss

Flickr/Kyle StricklandIn-N-Out Double-Double​ With the mass exodus of thousands of UCLA graduates from their picturesque Westwood neighborhood -- picturesque if you've always envisioned a neighborhood where you'd search 30 minutes for a parking space before giving up, or if you've dreamed all ... More >>

Bus-Only Lane Will Run 7.7 Miles Down Wilshire Boulevard -- Conveniently Sparing Westwood's 'Condo Canyon'

LAStreetsBlogThe 720 -- home free!​Screwed year-in and year-out by rail-happy L.A. politicians and transportation officials, the Bus Riders Union finally gets to pop the bubbly tonight -- in celebration of a 7.7-mile bus lane it's taken them six years to win. (That is, if it's approved by L.A ... More >>

Banksy Boy-With-Gun Art in Westwood Vandalized; Singer Pia Mia Has the Photos

Pia MiaBanksy's boy soldier gets splashed with paint.​Looks like the latest twist for British guerrilla artist Banksy is Friday night/Saturday morning vandalism for his attention-getting boy-with-a-gun piece in Westwood. Teen singer Pia Mia, who has taken to serenading the work behind a Westw ... More >>

Will L.A.'s 'Subway To The Sea' Really Relieve Traffic?

Kyle T. WebsterIs this subway good for traffic or just a good way to burn money?​Despite evidence that the recently approved "Subway to the Sea" down the Wilshire Corridor would do little to ease congestion (yet would cost you $9 billion and counting), Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa th ... More >>

West Los Angeles Locals Say 100 Remaining Digital Billboards Gotta' Go!

Are drivers watching the road or the digital sign?​ Environmental advocates are ramping up their efforts to combat the proliferation of what they call "weapons of mass distraction," by urging local lawmakers to

First Bite: Alcazar is Back, Serving Crunchy Boreg in Encino

Christie BishopJonagold apple, portions removed​For most of the decade, there may have been no more pleasant place in Los Angeles to eat Middle Eastern food than in Alcazar's shaded patio, a balmy place scented with hookah smoke, garlic, and the hot sajj bread baking on its grill. The restaura ... More >>

LAFF + L.A. LIVE = Luv

But will the Los Angeles Film Festival work downtown?

Film Critic To Take Reigns of LA Film Fest

Newsweek film critic David Ansen was named artistic director of the Los Angeles Film Festival Monday. The writer, who still contributes to Newsweek after leaving fulltime duties in March, will be in charge of helping to narrow down selections and finalists for the influential showcase that happens e ... More >>

Queer Town: Proposition 8, A Year Later

It's been a long year since Proposition 8 was passed on November 4, 2008, when the existing right to legally marry in California was shockingly taken away from gays and lesbians.Patrick Range McDonaldDays before Prop. 8 was passed, pro-gay marriage supporters took to the streets in West Hollywood.†... More >>

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Moving Pictures

LAFF flips the script

Finger-Pickin' Good

WTF?

Rhino Records’ last parking-lot sale, minus the parking lot

Snakebites

L.A. Classics

Upwardly Mobile

Developer Dan Rosenfeld on the vertical future of Los Angeles

West L.A. and Culver City

Ask Mr. Gold

Ask Mr. Gold

What To Eat Now: The Year's Best Dishes

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Ask Mr. Gold

Love and Orthodoxy

R.B. Kitaj and the man-woman story

The Crack-House Rave

The World Festival of Sacred Music -- the Americas

Global Sacredness, Locally

The Hidden Epidemic

Rape continues to plague L.A. as other violent crime declines