Sherwood is the 2020-2021 Assistant News Editor for the City &amp; Crime beat. She was previously a contributor for National News and Higher Education. She is a second year political science and communications student and digital humanities minor at UCLA.

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Los Angeles residents are encouraged to stay indoors because of unhealthy air quality. The Bobcat fire is 6% contained and has burned nearly 30,000 acres as of Saturday morning. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)

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Air quality in Westwood is unhealthy because of wildfires east of Los Angeles. The Bobcat fire, which began Sunday in the Angeles National Forest, has impacted air quality throughout Southern California.

https://dailybruin.com/2020/09/12/air-quality-in-westwood-deemed-unhealthy-as-a-result-of-nearby-fires/

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Air quality in Westwood deemed unhealthy as a result of nearby fires

By Elizabeth Sherwood

Sept. 12, 2020 2:36 p.m.