Just before 7 a.m. the Silverado Canyon Fire broke out east of Santa Ana between Santiago and Silverado Canyons. Later in the morning the Blue Ridge Fire, previously named the Green Fire, erupted near Yorba Linda on the Green River.  Both of these fires are spewing smoke and ash across the Southern...

Fires have ravaged California over the past several years. At the end of most summers, Northern Californians are overcome with the fear of losing their homes as evacuation orders are dished out across multiple counties. This year was no different, as over 300 fires were sparked due to 11,000 lighting...

Obscene or Threatening Phone Calls — Tradewinds Apartments Reported Feb. 5, 12:45 p.m., occurred prior. A student reported receiving unwelcome text messages. This case is active and has been referred to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Fire - Mechanical Cause — Thompson Hall Reported...

This story was updated on Feb. 5 at 11:11 p.m. to include new information regarding the source of the smoke.  This story was updated on Feb. 6 at 1:29 p.m. with confirmation of the smoke’s cause from the fire safety specialist.  Smoke wisped from the Thompson Hall elevator at 6:17 p.m., triggering...

Vandalism — Hope Hall Reported Jan. 17, 1:30 p.m. Facilities Management reported graffiti found inside Hope Hall.  Vandalism — Creek Tunnel - La Mirada Boulevard Reported Jan. 19, 4:39 p.m. An officer observed the individuals going into the creek tunnel and saw one of them writing on the...

(This story was originally published in print on Jan. 23, 2020). Instead of soft white clouds, senior business management major Edwyn Ramos peered out of the plane window to see a canopy of black stretching for miles across the Australian landscape below. Glowing flames reflected off a dome of smoke,...

After a fire broke out at the Brea Dam in Fullerton on Wednesday evening, fire crews stopped the fire’s progress at under two acres, Fullerton Police said. Per the Orange County Register, Fullerton Fire Division Chief Kathy Schaeffer said the fire burned “one to two acres of light brush near the...

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme red flag warning for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, beginning on 11 p.m. Tuesday through 6 p.m. Thursday. La Mirada, home to Biola’s campus, is one of the cities under the warning. The warning follows hazardous weather conditions brought...

Some time ago, I was sitting by a fire listening to a friend give a sermon on the importance of value. One of his more peculiar qualities is the ability to speak about every other topic and travel along every other rabbit trail except the very point he set out to explain. It is similar to calling an...

Petty Theft — Blackstone Hall Reported on Feb. 8, 7 p.m., occurred between Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. and Feb. 5 at 11 p.m. A student reported sunglasses taken out of their backpack in Blackstone Hall. The student decided not to report the alleged theft to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, and the...

Back in August, as we geared up to make some of the most substantial changes to the Chimes in its 80-year history, we had no idea how blessed we would become. We oversaw an incredible staff that embraced the challenge of doing things in new, exciting ways while living up to the proud legacy of this paper....

This story was originally published in print on Nov. 15, 2018. It was country college night at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks when former U.S. Marine David Long took the lives of 12 individuals in addition to his own in the second mass shooting to occur in the country in under two weeks....