This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:18 a.m. Community members and public officials criticized Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ approach to recent fires. Bass signed off on the city’s nearly $13 billion 2024-2025 budget in June. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sits in a chair at a conference in 2024. Bass has faced criticism since the onset of the LA fires for her handling of the fire department’s cut of the city budget. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:25 p.m. The federal government is racing to fund recovery efforts as wildfires ravage Los Angeles. Since Tuesday, fires in the region have burned over 40,000 acres of land and destroyed over 12,000 structures, leaving thousands without homes and in need of assistance. Read more...
Photo: (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:34 p.m. When Farinaz Pirshirazi served the customers in her restaurant Tuesday, she found some of them in their pajamas. Read more...
Photo: (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 9:01 p.m. After hearing from a neighbor that his family’s Altadena home had burned down, Zion Berry knew he had to see it for himself. He drove to his home of over 12 years Wednesday after his neighborhood had been destroyed by the Altadena fire, which started near Pasadena and Altadena on Tuesday and has since claimed over 14,000 acres. While driving and walking through his hometown, the first-year music performance student said he saw power lines on fire, street signs missing and chimneys with no houses left standing, including his own. Read more...
Photo: Smoke comes down a mountain as a fire burns in Pacific Palisades. Dozens of Bruin families are raising funds after losing their homes and possessions to the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 8:58 p.m. UCLA Health hospitals have treated about 30 individuals with injuries related to ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County. Read more...
Photo: Many UCLA Health clinics have closed in California, from Pacific Palisades to Calabasas. While UCLA Health clinics have been closing, UCLA Health hospitals remain open and operational to treat individuals with wildfire-related injuries. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:49 p.m. Students raised over $15,000 to support a chemistry senior lecturer who lost his home to the Los Angeles County wildfires. Laurence Lavelle announced in a Thursday classwide email that he lost his home, adding that the only clothes he owns are the ones he wore to work the previous day. Read more...
Photo: A GoFundMe page set up for senior chemistry lecturer Laurence Lavelle is pictured. The page raised over $15,000, but the professor declined the donations and asked for them to be returned to the donors. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:10 p.m. While fires burned in Los Angeles County, international students in one Westwood residential building debated their next move. Fourth-year psychology student Mónica Céspedes Berdonces watched from the sidewalk as her friends loaded their bags and piled into a car. Read more...
Photo: The University Cooperative Housing Association is pictured. International students living in the UCHA co-op considered evacuation plans after the onset of fires across Los Angeles County. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
