By Dylan Winward
Jan. 21, 2025 12:11 p.m.
Students returned to in-person classes Tuesday morning after fires in Los Angeles County had been partly contained.
The Palisades fire, which is closest to UCLA, has spread across 23,713 acres and is 63% contained, according to the Cal Fire website. Another fire, which began in Pasadena and Altadena, spread 14,021 acres and is 89% contained.
[Related: Evacuation warning adjacent to UCLA campus from Palisades fire has lifted]
Two additional fires started Tuesday in San Diego County. High winds – which can spread fires quickly – were forecast across Southern California by the National Weather Service.
Winward was the 2025-2026 editor in chief and sat ex officio on the editorial board. He was previously the 2024-2025 News editor and the 2023-2024 features and student life editor. He was also an Arts, Copy, Online, Photo, PRIME and Sports contributor. Winward was a fourth-year English and statistics and data science student.
Winward was the 2025-2026 editor in chief and sat ex officio on the editorial board. He was previously the 2024-2025 News editor and the 2023-2024 features and student life editor. He was also an Arts, Copy, Online, Photo, PRIME and Sports contributor. Winward was a fourth-year English and statistics and data science student.
