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.

A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for Hollywood Hills. The “Sunset fire” in Runyon Canyon has reached 20 acres, according to the Cal Fire website.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a 5 p.m. press conference that his department has already arrested three people for looting.
“We have additional people that we’ve brought in just to make sure that people’s property are left alone,” he said.

A new fire has broken out in Hollywood Hills near Runyon Canyon and Solar Drive, according to NBC Los Angeles. No evacuation order has been published yet, but firefighters are responding to a brush fire.

A new 12-story apartment building could be coming to Westwood.
Landmark Properties, the creators of The Mark, proposed an 84-unit apartment building in Westwood, dubbed “The Metropolitan,” on Oct.

Curtis Boelke, a mental health practitioner at UCLA and a member of AFSCME Local 3299, said he is striking because of safety concerns due to hospital staffing shortages.

Rosalba Montoya, a member of the AFSCME Local 3299 executive board and a medical assistant at UCLA, said that she is striking because she believes the University has broken the law by raising healthcare costs without negotiating with the union.

At 3 p.m., AFSCME Local 3299 picketers at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center began to pack up.
The union’s leadership said the 2:25 p.m. march was the last of the day.

Dozens of picketers holding megaphones, drums and signs walked up Westwood Plaza to campus from the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center around 2:25 p.m.
While walking, they chanted, “What do we want?

Eight of the nine measures on Los Angeles ballots are projected to have passed.
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