By Dylan Winward
Jan. 11, 2025 4:37 p.m.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has extended an ongoing smoke advisory warning until at least 10 p.m. Sunday, according to a press release sent by the department. The air quality on the UCLA campus is currently rated as “good” as of 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the UCLA’s air quality website.
No evacuation warning or order has been issued for the UCLA campus as of 4:30 p.m. Saturday. However, evacuation orders have been issued less than a mile away from campus and evacuation warnings are in place for areas directly bordering the campus perimeter.
[Related: New evacuation warning for Palisades fire borders UCLA campus]
The closest fire to UCLA, which started in Pacific Palisades, is currently 22,660 acres in size, according to the Cal Fire website.
Classes will remain online until at least Jan. 17, Chancellor Julio Frenk said in a Saturday afternoon campuswide email.
(Max Davis-Housefield/Daily Bruin senior staff)
