Street musicians add life to Westwood

Billy Cole and Apostle Smith are two of a handful of crooners who play to mostly uninterested passerby. Today is a slow day. But this doesn’t seem to matter to Cole. He tries to act like no one’s watching. That way, it’s just the music and him.

Eating your way down Westwood Boulevard: Noodle Planet a hot spot for international dining

May 25, 2010- Noodle Planet in Westwood is an Asian fusion Thai restaurant that caters its food mostly to locals with an American palate, but attracts customers of all sorts and kinds. [3:26]

Eating Your Way Down Westwood Boulevard: Student brings low-cost, high-quality cuisine from Rome to L.A. home

May 11, 2010 - Golden arches mark the entrance to Tanino at 1043 Westwood Boulevard. At this upscale Italian restaurant, your dinner may be garlic bread for $9.50, pasta for $15 to $24, or meat and fish above $30. But you don’t have to be wealthy to savor the richness of Italian cuisine. UCLA computer science graduate student Stefano Emiliozzi shows us how to make pasta “par carbonara” and dine as the Romans do. [5:10]

Eating Your Way Down Westwood Blvd: Rolling with Ambiance at Yamato

May 4, 2010 - We usually think sushi comes with wasabi, chopsticks, and maybe most infamously -- high prices. But at Yamato on the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue, customers and employees are paying attention to other things [2:54].

Eating Your Way Down Westwood Boulevard: An Unlikely Grocery Store

This week, the Daily Bruin visits CVS Pharmacy at the corner of Westwood and Weyburn, where we were surprised to find turkey sandwiches and fresh eggs. [1:54]

Oakley's - Hair today? Gone tomorrow? Not likely.

Despite lack of ties to UCLA, residents call Westwood home