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)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:58 p.m. Fires across Los Angeles County sparked unease among UCLA students and criticism of the university’s emergency response. Read more...
Photo: A student photographs smoke from the Palisades fire Wednesday. The university canceled classes Thursday and Friday and thousands of students evacuated campus in response to the fire, which has burned over 17,000 acres as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Cal Fire website. (Conner Levy/Daily Bruin)
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. 12 at 11:20 p.m. Over 230 people sheltered in Westwood on Wednesday evening after losing their homes, workplaces and pets to the chaos of the Palisades fire. Read more...
Photo: Workers bring in supplies to the Westwood Recreation Center on Wednesday during the Los Angeles County fires. The center hosted over 230 people as of Wednesday evening after being designated as an emergency shelter by LA County. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
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)
Dr. Julio Frenk has come a long way since being beaten up by his brother. Frenk reinvented Mexico’s health system, secured one of Harvard University’s largest-ever donations and kept the University of Miami open through the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Julio Frenk poses alongside John Pérez, who was a UC regent at the time of his appointment, for a picture at the UC Board of Regents meeting. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 10 at 1:03 p.m. The Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies will begin the winter quarter with its top two leadership positions filled for the first time. Read more...
Photo: Attendees talk at a reception for new leadership at the Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies on Dec. 11 at La Kretz Garden Pavilion. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
