The destruction of Eliana Bernstein’s Pacific Palisades home also threatened the loss of her Westwood apartment. Bernstein, a third-year political science student, said she moved into her apartment just a few days before the Jan. Read more...
Photo: Eliana Bernstein stands in the rubble of her home in Pacific Palisades. Bernstein, a third-year political science student, lost her home in the Palisades fire. (Courtesy of Eliana Bernstein)
As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between computer tabs. As he left UCLA to return home, Jeong had an idea – a single website for the Bruin community to stay updated. Read more...
Photo: A computer displaying the Westwood Wildfire Watch site is pictured. Kyle Jeong, a third-year mathematics of computation student, spearheaded the development of the site. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 2 at 9:12 p.m. Gem-toned textiles, creamy matcha lattes and live music brought students and the Westwood community together for the UCLA Radio Los Angeles fire relief flea market Jan. Read more...
Photo: A performer plays a guitar at the Flea Market for Fire Relief from UCLA Radio. The market saw vendors from across UCLA contribute their goods to raise money for fire relief donations. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:02 a.m. Two United States representatives from California proposed a new bill Jan. 16 that would reassess home insurance coverage in areas with high wildfire risk. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. A new bill proposed by two United States representatives from California seeks to reassess home insurance coverage in areas with high wildfire risk. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
The Society of Women Engineers at UCLA hosted a donation drive for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires Thursday. Members of the club created donation kits at the event for children affected by fires across LA County, which have burned over 47,000 acres since Jan. Read more...
Photo: Some of the event attendees at the Society of Women Engineers at UCLA donation drive work with activities that represent scientific experiments. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
Student organizations are volunteering to support the UCLA community after fires devastated Los Angeles County. Fires across LA – which began Jan. 7 – have burned nearly 57,000 acres of land and destroyed over 16,000 structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, website. Read more...
Photo: A poster with information about what to pack in the case of an evacuation due to a fire is pictured. UCLA student organizations held donation drives and events to help victims of the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For UCLA’s fourth-year students, transitions to Zoom classes are nothing new. The university switched to remote instruction less than a week into winter quarter after fires broke out in Los Angeles County, one of which – the Palisades fire – prompted an evacuation warning bordering the campus. Read more...
Photo: The homepage of the video meeting platform Zoom is pictured. Fourth-year students have experienced multiple interruptions to their education including the COVID-19 pandemic and Los Angeles County wildfires resulting in transitions to remote instruction. (Daily Bruin file photo)
