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The Watch Duty app had a record number of downloads this past week – likely attributing to the Los Angeles County fires. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

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The Bruin’s full coverage of the LA County fires

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LA residents seek emergency notifications, apps to remain alert during wildfires - Daily Bruin

LA residents seek emergency notifications, apps to remain alert during wildfires

Alexis Muchnik

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Whether through emergency notifications or online maps, Angelenos stayed alert as fires began to spread across Los Angeles County.  The first fire began in Pacific Palisades on Jan.

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Smoke from the Palisades fire is seen on Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood on Jan. 10. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Evacuation warning adjacent to UCLA campus from Palisades fire has lifted - Daily Bruin

Evacuation warning adjacent to UCLA campus from Palisades fire has lifted

Mulick is the 2024-2025 features and student life editor and a PRIME senior staff writer. He was previously a News reporter. Mulick is a fourth-year sociology student from northern New Jersey.

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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.

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A UCPD Police Car is pictured. Officers arrested a person Thursday for adding leaves and brush to a campus fire. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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UCPD arrests one person suspected for arson, possession of illegal weapon - Daily Bruin

UCPD arrests one person suspected for arson, possession of illegal weapon

Winward is the 2024-2025 News editor and an Arts, Copy, Photo, PRIME and Sports contributor. He was previously the 2023-2024 features and student life editor. Winward is a third-year English and statistics student from London in the United Kingdom.

Dylan Winward

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.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass smiles at an event opening a new Disaster Recovery Center. UCLA donated part of the new UCLA Research Park – formerly Westside Pavilion – to establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency center. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)

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Disaster Recovery Center opens at UCLA Research Park to aid LA County fire victims - Daily Bruin

Disaster Recovery Center opens at UCLA Research Park to aid LA County fire victims

Konecky is a News contributor. Konecky is a third-year transfer and a film, television and digital media student.

Maggie Konecky

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.

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Moore Hall is pictured. UCLA students will return to in-person classes, including at Moore Hall, Tuesday. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)

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UCLA classes will return to in-person instruction Tuesday - Daily Bruin

UCLA classes will return to in-person instruction Tuesday

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.

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Undergraduate Students Association Council President Adam Tfayli speaks at a meeting of the council. USAC unanimously voted Tuesday to allocate $20,000 in discretionary funds to a student government-led relief initiative in response to the wildfires that have impacted Los Angeles County. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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Student Government

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USAC, GSA allocate $30,000 to Bruin Relief Initiative for aid during LA wildfires - Daily Bruin

USAC, GSA allocate $30,000 to Bruin Relief Initiative for aid during LA wildfires

Wellons is a News reporter on the campus politics beat. She is also a second-year political science student minoring in Russian language.

Lilly Wellons

This post was updated Jan. 16 at 10:25 p.m. UCLA student government organizations have allocated $30,000 toward relief efforts as fires burn across Los Angeles County.

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The Palisades fire – the first of the Los Angeles County fires – has scorched over 23,000 acres since Jan. 7 and led to an evacuation warning bordering UCLA. Many UCLA researchers have attributed the Santa Ana winds, hydroclimatic factors and dry vegetation to the intensity and rapid spread of these fires. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles County - Daily Bruin

UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles County

Callie Wiesner

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:32 a.m. As flares spread across Los Angeles County, researchers seek to uncover the science behind what fuels the flames.  The first of the fires started in Pacific Palisades on Jan.

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Students stand in Daphnie Tseng’s house in San Diego, where the second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student hosted six of her friends during the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Courtesy of Daphnie Tseng)

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A Closer Look

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Students host other Bruins in hometowns during Southern California fires - Daily Bruin

Students host other Bruins in hometowns during Southern California fires

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.

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Donation boxes pile high at the San Pedro YMCA. Community organizations across Los Angeles have been establishing aid programs to assist people impacted by the fires in LA County. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

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Angelenos step up to serve community as city continues fighting wildfires - Daily Bruin

Angelenos step up to serve community as city continues fighting wildfires

Christopher Buchanan

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:23 a.m. Small tears formed in Michelle Leon’s eyes as she talked about the many lost homes Monday after fires burned for nearly a week across Los Angeles County.

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sits in a chair at a conference in 2024. Bass has faced criticism since the onset of the LA fires for her handling of the fire department’s cut of the city budget. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)

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Karen Bass faces scrutiny for wildfire response, LAFD budget cuts - Daily Bruin

Karen Bass faces scrutiny for wildfire response, LAFD budget cuts

Gillette is the 2024-2025 metro editor. She is also a fourth-year gender studies student minoring in English from Santa Cruz.

Gabrielle Gillette

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:18 a.m. Community members and public officials criticized Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ approach to recent fires. Bass signed off on the city’s nearly $13 billion 2024-2025 budget in June.

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Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025

BREAKING:

Fire

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Campus

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UCPD arrests one person suspected for arson, possession of illegal weapon

Fire

Disaster Recovery Center opens at UCLA Research Park to aid LA County fire victims

By Maggie Konecky and Sam Mulick

Campus

UCLA classes will return to in-person instruction Tuesday

By Dylan Winward

Campus

USAC, GSA allocate $30,000 to Bruin Relief Initiative for aid during LA wildfires

By Lilly Wellons

Fire

UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles County

By Callie Wiesner and Shaun Thomas

A Closer Look

Students host other Bruins in hometowns during Southern California fires

By Maggie Konecky and Alyssa Wong

Fire

Angelenos step up to serve community as city continues fighting wildfires

By Christopher Buchanan

Fire

Karen Bass faces scrutiny for wildfire response, LAFD budget cuts

By Gabrielle Gillette and Gabby Jamall