Smoke from the Palisades fire is seen on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood on Jan. 10. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
An evacuation warning adjacent to the UCLA campus was lifted around 1:40 p.m., according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website.
The nearest evacuation warning area to campus is now west of Interstate 405.
UCPD arrested one person Thursday for adding leaves and brush to a fire on campus.
Officers arrested the person at the Hilgard Bus Turnaround and discovered that they had an illegal knife, according to a post on the department’s Instagram.
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:20 p.m.
UCLA plans to return to in-person classes Tuesday.
Undergraduate instruction was cancelled Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 – and moved online for week two of winter quarter – following the onset of fires across Los Angeles County.
ASUCLA student workers have received paid sick leave eligibility following pressure from the Undergraduate Students Association Council.
The council unanimously passed a resolution Nov. 19 calling for higher wages, paid sick leave and better working conditions for ASUCLA employees.
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 9:01 p.m.
After hearing from a neighbor that his family’s Altadena home had burned down, Zion Berry knew he had to see it for himself.
He drove to his home of over 12 years Wednesday after his neighborhood had been destroyed by the Altadena fire, which started near Pasadena and Altadena on Tuesday and has since claimed over 14,000 acres.
While driving and walking through his hometown, the first-year music performance student said he saw power lines on fire, street signs missing and chimneys with no houses left standing, including his own.
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