A fire that started 1.8 miles away from the UCLA campus on Wednesday evening has been 60% contained.
The Sepulveda fire started around 11 p.m. Wednesday near the Getty Center, prompting evacuation warnings bordering the campus.

This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:35 p.m.
UCPD arrested one person Thursday for adding leaves and brush to a fire on campus.
Officers arrested the person at the Hilgard Bus Turnaround and discovered they had an illegal knife, according to a post on the department’s Instagram.

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UCLA plans to return to in-person classes Tuesday.
Undergraduate instruction was cancelled Jan. 9 and Jan. 10 – and moved online for week two of winter quarter – following the onset of fires across Los Angeles County.

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 10:53 p.m.
UCLA classes will move to online instruction until Friday, marking the second time in under nine months that a weeklong change to virtual instruction has been made.

Westwood residents received an erroneous evacuation warning Thursday afternoon.
The notification was sent out around 4 p.m. and instructed people that they were under evacuation warning.

In a Wednesday evening Bruin Safe Online announcement, UCLA Office of Emergency Management spokesperson Seán Devine said UCLA Health operations will remain open and operational. Staff in the system will be given instructions in future communications, according to the post.

Frenk also said in the campuswide email that UCLA is assisting evacuees from the fire, including by hosting them at the Luskin Conference Center, treating them across the UCLA Health system and minimizing water use.

Dr. Julio Frenk has come a long way since being beaten up by his brother.
 
Frenk reinvented Mexico’s health system, secured one of Harvard University’s largest-ever donations and kept the University of Miami open through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UCLA Police Department confirmed Wednesday that its former police chief has left the department.
In a statement released on X, UCPD said Tuesday was former Chief John Thomas’ last day leading the department.

The UCLA Police Department arrested a person Thursday suspected of scooter theft and sexual battery against a minor.
According to a statement posted on the social media platform X, UCPD said it recovered two scooters and brass knuckles after the arrest around 2:45 a.m., but it is still investigating whether the suspect is linked to three other scooter thefts.