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January 11, 2025
First Palisades Fire warnings issued for the San Fernando Valley
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Pasadena Synagogue Destroyed by Fire; Palisades Devastated as Fires Rage Overnight
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January 8, 2025
The Palisades, Hurst and Eaton fires have destroyed over 1,100 structures, state of emergency declared.
Pasadena Synagogue Burns Down as Fires Rage across Southern California
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January 8, 2025
A Chabad in the Pacific Palisades evacuated abruptly amid a separate fire flaring there.
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Aaron Bandler
December 20, 2024
The agreement covers nine complaints made at five UC campuses, including UCLA.
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Aaron Bandler
December 3, 2024
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Complaint Alleges That UCLA Student Gov’t Cultural Affairs Commissioner Discriminated Against Jewish Students
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November 27, 2024
Document claims the commissioner sent a text including “zionism” as a hateful/bigoted” ideology.
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Aaron Bandler
November 26, 2024
School will continue measures they had taken to address campus climate prior to the agreement.
UC Regents Say They’re “Deeply Dismayed” By Findings in UCLA Antisemitism Report
Aaron Bandler
November 22, 2024
Regents Chair Janet Reilly said the report described “a situation that should be horrifying to every fair-minded person.”
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Ayala Or-El
November 18, 2024
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Aaron Bandler
October 23, 2024
University administration taken to task for its “deescalation” strategy which allowed encampment to occupy parts of campus.
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