Westwood residents received an erroneous evacuation warning Thursday afternoon. The notification was sent out around 4 p.m. and instructed people that they were under evacuation warning. Read more...
Photo: De Neve Plaza is pictured with a hazy sky in the background. Students, including those living on campus, received an erroneous evacuation warning around 4 p.m. Thursday. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 7:31 p.m. Classes will not be held on UCLA’s campus for the rest of the week. In a BruinPost shortly after 6:30 p.m. Read more...
Photo: An empty classroom is pictured. UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk announced undergraduate classes have been canceled and graduate classes have been moved online for the rest of the week in a Wednesday evening BruinPost. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 8 at 12:52 a.m. The National Weather Service issued a critical fire weather alert for Los Angeles County on Monday. A fire in the Pacific Palisades – which began burning about six miles from UCLA on Tuesday morning – has since reached more than 2,900 acres, but it does not pose a risk to campus at this time, said UCLA Office of Emergency Management spokesperson Seán Devine. Critical fire weather warnings – known as red flag warnings – warn of potential extreme wildfire behavior, according to the NWS. A NWS “particularly dangerous situation” warning for potentially destructive conditions was also issued for the Santa Monica Mountains, which are near the UCLA campus. Read more...
Photo: An ongoing fire in the Pacific Palisades is pictured. The fire started Tuesday morning but does not currently pose a risk to campus, according to UCLA’s Office of Emergency Management. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In late October and early November, many of Southern California’s beaches had bright blue waves. The glow was caused by large amounts of phytoplankton, a type of small photosynthetic organism at the bottom of the ocean food chain, said Rebecca Shipe, an adjunct associate professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Read more...
Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin)
Gov. Gavin Newsom approved an act to ban the use of cell phones in K-12 schools in September 2024. Assembly Bill 3216 – also known as the Phone-Free School Act – mandates that every school district, charter school or county office of education at the K-12 level develop a rule that will prohibit or limit student use of cellphones when at school or under the supervision of an employee of the school district by July 2026. Read more...
Photo: The social media app TikTok is pictured on a cell phone screen. California recently passed a law banning the usage of cell phones in K-12 schools. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A pro-Palestine protest marched through Westwood on Saturday afternoon, ending at UCLA Medical Plaza and violating UCLA’s Time, Place and Manner rules. The protest, hosted by the Los Angeles, Orange County and Inland Empire chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement – among 20 other local and national organizations – began outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard at 3 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. A pro-Palestine protest marched through Westwood to the UCLA Medical Center on Saturday to bring attention to the Israeli military’s storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Mayor Karen Bass revealed the inner workings of her efforts to combat homelessness and answered questions about it in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 13. The event – hosted alongside Jim Newton, a professor in the communication department and editor in chief of the Blueprint magazine – began with discussion about the results of the Nov. Read more...
Photo: Professor Jim Newton and Mayor Karen Bass sit at a panel on homelessness. Bass said she plans to fight dysfunctional laws that exacerbate homelessness. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
