UCLA student government organizations have allocated $30,000 toward relief efforts as fires burn across Los Angeles County.
The Bruin Relief Initiative is a program that aims to involve the UCLA campus in wildfire relief and is planned to begin when in-person instruction – which is paused through Friday – resumes, said Undergraduate Students Association Council President Adam Tfayli.

A prominent UCLA ecologist on involuntary leave filed a lawsuit against the University earlier this month, alleging wrongful suspension, harassment and racial discrimination.
Ecology and evolutionary biology professor Priyanga Amarasekare joined UCLA in 2005, but she was suspended in July 2022 for a year with no pay by then-Chancellor Gene Block.

This post was updated Jan. 15 at 10:25 p.m.
Some teams struggle in unfamiliar environments.
The Bruins, however, do just fine.
No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball (17-0, 6-0 Big Ten) defeated Penn State (9-9, 0-7) 83-67 on Wednesday night at the Walter Pyramid, solidifying the Bruins’ best start in program history.