Antonio Ríos-Bustamante held several titles throughout his life – dad, historian, activist and husband. At UCLA, he was known as a “walking dictionary.”
Ríos-Bustamante, a pioneer of the field of Chicana/o studies, died April 19 at 75 years old.

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.

A fire has broken out east of Interstate 405 near the Getty Center.
The Sepulveda fire has burned 10 acres as of 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Watch Duty app.

This post was updated Jan 22 at 10:51 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO – A UC Board of Regents committee recommended creating three UCLA health care facilities within a newly acquired building.

A body was found on Le Conte Avenue on Tuesday. 
The 56-year-old man was found on a bench opposite Ralphs grocery store. According to a post from UCPD on social media platform X, there was no foul play suspected as the man was determined to have died from natural causes. 
“Earlier today, UCLA PD patrol officers and detectives responded to a report of a body on Le Conte Ave, across from Ralphs,” UCPD said in an Instagram post Tuesday.

Fires across Los Angeles County have disrupted UCLA operations, eliciting feelings of worry and confusion for some parents and gratitude for effective communication from the university for others.

As wildfires swept across Los Angeles County, UCLA students volunteered to support recovery efforts.
The fires – which have burned over 40,000 acres and displaced residents across the region – prompted urban and regional planning graduate student Alex Sun to step up as both a volunteer for distribution centers and a student of disaster management.