A fire that started 1.8 miles away from the UCLA campus on Wednesday evening has been 60% contained. The Sepulveda fire started around 11 p.m. Wednesday near the Getty Center, prompting evacuation warnings bordering the campus. Read more...
Photo: A Los Angeles Fire Department truck is pictured. LAFD firefighters responded to a fire that began 1.8 miles from the UCLA campus on Wednesday evening. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan 22 at 10:51 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO – A UC Board of Regents committee recommended creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents financial and capital strategies committee met at UC San Francisco on Wednesday. The committee unanimously voted to recommend creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building near the Los Angeles International Airport. (Vivian Stein/Daily Bruin)
Fires across Los Angeles County have disrupted UCLA operations, eliciting feelings of worry and confusion for some parents and gratitude for effective communication from the university for others. Read more...
Photo: A bag labeled “UCLA Parent and Family Association” containing protective face masks is handed over. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As wildfires swept across Los Angeles County, UCLA students volunteered to support recovery efforts. The fires – which have burned over 40,000 acres and displaced residents across the region – prompted urban and regional planning graduate student Alex Sun to step up as both a volunteer for distribution centers and a student of disaster management. Read more...
Photo: Volunteers pack donation boxes for people in need during the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Anthony Folsom/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:28 p.m. UCLA advised campus researchers to begin scaling down activities Jan. 12, citing the threat of the Los Angeles County fires. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, which houses the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, is pictured. Many researchers who work in this building had to adjust their lab operations because of the Los Angeles County fires. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:34 p.m. Whether through emergency notifications or online maps, Angelenos stayed alert as fires began to spread across Los Angeles County. The first fire began in Pacific Palisades on Jan. Read more...
Photo: The Watch Duty app had a record number of downloads this past week – likely attributing to the Los Angeles County fires. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:23 p.m. An evacuation warning adjacent to the UCLA campus was lifted around 1:40 p.m., according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website. Read more...
Photo: Smoke from the Palisades fire is seen on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood on Jan. 10. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
