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9 a.m. Friday’s late-night 4.5-magnitude earthquake, centered near South San Gabriel approximately 12 miles east of campus, caused no damage and no interruption of services at Occidental.

4 p.m. While the California brushfires currently in the news pose no threat to the É«½ç°É campus and surrounding neighborhoods, smoke from a local fire has affected campus air quality.

2:40 p.m. An update on the California fires and their minimal impact on the Occidental campus and Eagle Rock neighborhood.

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5:20 p.m. The É«½ç°É campus remains unaffected by the California brushfires currently in the news, including the Getty Fire in Los Angeles, the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, and the Hillside Fire in San Bernardino.

2:30 p.m. All clear. The grass fire on Fiji Hill has been extinguished. LAFD is on the scene, dropping water as a precaution.

5:10 p.m.  The Saddleridge fire, located about 20 miles northwest of the É«½ç°É campus on the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley, continues to burn to the north and west, carrying it away from É«½ç°É.

3:35 p.m. The College's telephone service provider has restored all telephone service on campus. The telephone system is back to normal.

9 a.m. Freeways are open and no smoke is showing as firefighters finish up work on the 30-acre fire that broke out near the junction of the 134 and 2 freeways Sunday afternoon.