The air quality on campus is currently listed as “unhealthy for sensitive groups,” according to the UCLA Air Quality website as of 10:10 p.m. Thursday. The nearest fire to campus, which started in the Pacific Palisades, has a size of nearly 20,000 acres, according to the Cal Fire website.

There are currently no evacuation warnings or orders for Westwood or the UCLA campus, according to the Cal Fire website. Although some students received notifications around 4 p.m. Thursday, those notifications were sent in error.

UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk cancelled undergraduate classes and moved graduate instruction online for Thursday and Friday. The UCLA Academic Senate is yet to make a decision on classes next week.

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Winward is the 2025-2026 editor in chief and sits ex officio on the editorial board. He was previously the 2024-2025 News editor and the 2023-2024 features and student life editor. He is also an Arts, Copy, Online, Photo, PRIME and Sports contributor. Winward is a fourth-year English and statistics and data science student.

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