UCLA advised campus researchers to begin scaling down activities Jan. 12, citing the threat of the Los Angeles County fires.

A series of wildfires began burning through Los Angeles on Jan. 7. The largest of these fires, the now-23,000-acre Palisades fire, led to an evacuation warning bordering UCLA’s campus and prompted administrators to shift all nonessential campus operations online.

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