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The Bruin’s full coverage of the LA County fires

See the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the January 2025 Los Angeles County fires here. For live updates, please visit this page.

A Closer Look, Campus, Fire, News

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January 11, 3:42 pm

Amid empty Westwood streets, international students face prospect of evacuation

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:10 p.m. While fires burned in Los Angeles County, international students in one Westwood residential building debated their next move.  Fourth-year psychology student Mónica Céspedes Berdonces watched from the sidewalk as her friends loaded their bags and piled into a car. Read more...

Photo: The University Cooperative Housing Association is pictured. International students living in the UCHA co-op considered evacuation plans after the onset of fires across Los Angeles County. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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, 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)

A Closer Look, Campus, Fire, News

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January 9, 5:32 pm

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)


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