Monday, August 10

In the news:

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)


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)


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)



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)


UCLA students react to LA wildfires, evacuations, loss of homes

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)


False evacuation warning sent out across Los Angeles County

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)