A disaster recovery center opened Tuesday at the UCLA Research Park to assist victims of the Los Angeles County wildfires in recovering lost records, applying for disaster relief loans and receiving referrals for counseling services.

This post was updated Jan. 17 at 7:05 p.m.
A Disaster Recovery Center opened Tuesday at the UCLA Research Park to assist victims of the Los Angeles County wildfires.

Around 90%-95% of students have left the Hill despite no evacuation order being in place covering the UCLA campus, said Undergraduate Students Association Council President Adam Tfayli in an emailed statement.

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:13 a.m.
For most UCLA students with family in San Diego, going home for the weekend is not an unusual occurrence.

UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk said there are currently no plans to evacuate the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, even if evacuation zones move closer to campus.

In a Tuesday press conference at the opening of the Disaster Recovery Center at UCLA’s Research Park, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the Los Angeles County wildfires are still an ongoing emergency and residents should not wait until an evacuation order is declared to evacuate.

At the Tuesday morning opening of the Disaster Recovery Center at UCLA’s Research Park, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk said UCLA experts are stationed at the center to assist members of the UCLA and LA community who are in need.

International students living in the University Cooperative Housing Association co-op considered evacuation plans after the onset of fires across Los Angeles County.
[Related: Amid empty Westwood streets, international students face prospect of evacuation]
(Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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.

Groups of students are voluntarily leaving the dorm buildings with backpacks and luggage as of 10:05 p.m. UCLA Housing employees are coordinating traffic with glow sticks as students are picked up.