Martin Castillo set his hands on the rubber handles of a ground drill. He was hunched over, his blue uniform slick with sweat. The roar of the drill throbbed against his eardrums as it dug into the dirt slowly. Read more...
Photo: Martin Castillo works to fix a pipe in the Court of Sciences. UCLA’s 89 Grounds team members work around the clock to maintain the campus. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 10:39 p.m. Most on-campus dorm rooms will transition to triple occupancy to meet increasing demand. UCLA Housing announced the change in a 1:08 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Sproul Cove. “Most” on-campus dorm rooms will transition to triple occupancy, UCLA Housing announced in a written statement Tuesday afternoon. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 22 at 8:19 a.m. As wildfires continue to rage across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 incarcerated firefighters stand on the front lines. Read more...
Photo: The Palisades fire is pictured. More than 1,000 incarcerated people are on the front lines of fighting fires in Los Angeles County. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:33 a.m. 580 Café, a not-for-profit organization located along Hilgard Avenue, is not just a basic needs resource for students. Read more...
Photo: Posters hang on the wall above kitchen equipment at Cafe 580 Café, a basic needs not-for-profit center on campus. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 15 at 12:13 a.m. For most UCLA students with family in San Diego, going home for the weekend is not an unusual occurrence. Read more...
Photo: Students stand in Daphnie Tseng’s house in San Diego, where the second-year molecular, cell and developmental biology student hosted six of her friends during the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Courtesy of Daphnie Tseng)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:34 p.m. When Farinaz Pirshirazi served the customers in her restaurant Tuesday, she found some of them in their pajamas. Read more...
Photo: (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 9:01 p.m. After hearing from a neighbor that his family’s Altadena home had burned down, Zion Berry knew he had to see it for himself. He drove to his home of over 12 years Wednesday after his neighborhood had been destroyed by the Altadena fire, which started near Pasadena and Altadena on Tuesday and has since claimed over 14,000 acres. While driving and walking through his hometown, the first-year music performance student said he saw power lines on fire, street signs missing and chimneys with no houses left standing, including his own. Read more...
Photo: Smoke comes down a mountain as a fire burns in Pacific Palisades. Dozens of Bruin families are raising funds after losing their homes and possessions to the Los Angeles County wildfires. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
