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January 11, 4:13 pm

Students show support for UCLA professor who loses home to Los Angeles fires

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)

Academics, Campus, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 11, 1:38 pm

UCLA extends remote instruction through Friday as evacuation zones near campus

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 10:53 p.m. UCLA classes will move to online instruction until Friday, marking the second time in under nine months that a weeklong change to virtual instruction has been made. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA campus is pictured as fires expand across Los Angeles County. (Max Davis-Housefield/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Campus, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 10, 8:11 pm

New evacuation warning for Palisades fire borders UCLA campus

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 10:46 p.m. An evacuation warning for the Palisades fire is now bordering UCLA’s campus. Around 7:20 p.m., the city of Los Angeles issued a new evacuation warning to residents reaching the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Veteran Avenue – an intersection that directly borders the UCLA campus. Read more...

Photo: The sun sets over Wallis Annenberg Stadium on the UCLA campus. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)

Campus, Fire, Los Angeles, News

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January 10, 5:54 pm

Evacuation warnings for Palisades fire move closer to UCLA campus

Evacuation warnings for the Palisades fire moved closer to Westwood on Friday evening. New evacuation warnings have been issued in parts of Los Angeles to the northeast and east of the Palisades fire, according to Cal Fire.  There are currently no evacuation warnings for Westwood and the UCLA Campus as of 5 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Flames are visible from the Hill at night as trees blow in the wind. A fire in the Pacific Palisades has prompted evacuation warnings to inch closer to Westwood as the fire closes out its fourth day. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Academics, Campus, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 10, 5:37 pm

UCLA Academic Senate approves Monday remote class, further modifications undecided

This post was updated Jan. 10 at 10:58 p.m. UCLA students will not return to in-person instruction Monday. In a Friday afternoon BruinPost to members of the UCLA community, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced that the UCLA campus will continue to curtail its operations for at least three more days, adding that the UCLA Academic Senate has allowed remote classes to go ahead Monday. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA campus is pictured amid poor air quality, following recent fires across Los Angeles County. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)

California, Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 10, 1:51 pm

Rick Chavez Zbur, Lindsey Horvath present policy objectives to Westwood council

California State Representative Rick Chavez Zbur and Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath expressed support for Measure G, the California Housing Security Act and more at the North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting Dec. Read more...

Photo: Rick Chavez Zbur speaks in front of the council at the December 2024 North Westwood Neighborhood meeting. Zbur discussed topics such as AI, the unhoused population and housing affordability in California. (Courtesy of North Westwood Neighborhood Council)

California, Fire, Los Angeles, News, Westwood

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January 9, 7:39 pm

Over 29K acres, 10K structures devastated as ‘unprecedented’ LA fires near 4th day

Rapid wind gusts, decreased air quality and canceled classes faced members of the Westwood community as fires tore through Los Angeles this week.  The first of the fires – which started in the Pacific Palisades – broke out 10:30 a.m. Read more...

Photo: A line of fire from the Pacific Palisades fire moves along a hillside. The fire broke out Tuesday morning and burned over 19,000 acres by Thursday evening. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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