This post was updated March 7 at 1:25 a.m. The Los Angeles City Council denied former Los Angeles Fire Department chief Kristen Crowley’s appeal to be reinstated after her Feb. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. LA City Council rejected former LAFD Fire Chief Kristen Crowley’s Tuesday bid to be reinstated following her removal by Mayor Karen Bass. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commission held a two-day event offering aid to people experiencing homelessness and those displaced by fires Jan. 21 and Jan. Read more...
Photo: Students stand under a tent at the first day of the Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service Commission’s Housing Resilience in Los Angeles event. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The destruction of Eliana Bernstein’s Pacific Palisades home also threatened the loss of her Westwood apartment. Bernstein, a third-year political science student, said she moved into her apartment just a few days before the Jan. Read more...
Photo: Eliana Bernstein stands in the rubble of her home in Pacific Palisades. Bernstein, a third-year political science student, lost her home in the Palisades fire. (Courtesy of Eliana Bernstein)
As multiple wildfires burned in Los Angeles County, Kyle Jeong came back to his dorm to find his roommate switching between computer tabs. As he left UCLA to return home, Jeong had an idea – a single website for the Bruin community to stay updated. Read more...
Photo: A computer displaying the Westwood Wildfire Watch site is pictured. Kyle Jeong, a third-year mathematics of computation student, spearheaded the development of the site. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 2 at 9:12 p.m. Gem-toned textiles, creamy matcha lattes and live music brought students and the Westwood community together for the UCLA Radio Los Angeles fire relief flea market Jan. Read more...
Photo: A performer plays a guitar at the Flea Market for Fire Relief from UCLA Radio. The market saw vendors from across UCLA contribute their goods to raise money for fire relief donations. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 12:02 a.m. Two United States representatives from California proposed a new bill Jan. 16 that would reassess home insurance coverage in areas with high wildfire risk. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. A new bill proposed by two United States representatives from California seeks to reassess home insurance coverage in areas with high wildfire risk. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
The Society of Women Engineers at UCLA hosted a donation drive for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires Thursday. Members of the club created donation kits at the event for children affected by fires across LA County, which have burned over 47,000 acres since Jan. Read more...
Photo: Some of the event attendees at the Society of Women Engineers at UCLA donation drive work with activities that represent scientific experiments. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
