{
  "id": "2025-01-07-santa-monica-college-palisades-fire-remote-operations",
  "slug": "santa-monica-college-palisades-fire-remote-operations-2025-01-07",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Santa Monica College",
    "shortName": "SMC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "SMC Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-07",
    "type": "wildfire",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "A coastal wildfire closes the Malibu campus and moves classes remote",
    "headlinePublic": "A coastal wildfire closes the Malibu campus and moves classes remote",
    "summary": "The [opening post](https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1876727644072382906) closes the Malibu campus because the Palisades Fire has cut the roads.",
    "outcome": "The Malibu campus closed, classes moved remote through Friday, and on-ground operations resumed Monday except at Malibu."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The SMC Malibu Campus will be closed today, Tuesday, January 7, due to road closures caused by the Pacific Palisades Fire, which has impacted access to the campus.\n\nRead more: https://www.smc.edu/news/announcements/2025-01-07-malibu-campus-closed-tuesday-jan-7-due-to-road-closures.php\n\n#SMCMalibu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1876727644072382906",
      "sourceDescription": "Official post, byte-agreed by two independent reads",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 1fc572ad051b96d0399c1ec481b95790acaf2d72a3b98026566f24dc0d3e001e.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12. This status is not a reply, and it is filed as its own alert in this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 297,
      "timestamp": "2025-01-07T12:28:32-08:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Santa Monica College is canceling in-person classes and services for Wednesday, January 8, 2025, and most employees are also to work remotely due to the regional impacts of the Palisades Fire. \n\nRead more: https://www.smc.edu/news/announcements/2025-01-07-smc-is-canceling-in-person-classes.php\n\n#PalisadesFire",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1876883453032968403",
      "sourceDescription": "Official post, byte-agreed by two independent reads",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 c49e4f3fcaa016c313f38a10024be209f8f8e731d69a822ecf36b1228b93edc4.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12. This status is not a reply, and it is filed as its own alert in this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 310,
      "timestamp": "2025-01-07T22:47:40-08:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "SMC will continue remote operations for all classes & services through Friday, January 10 due to the ongoing impacts of the area fires and weather. SMC emergency personnel will remain on-site & actively monitor conditions.\n\nRead more: https://www.smc.edu/news/announcements/2025-01-08-continuation-remote-operations.php\n\n#PalisadesFire",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1877149407365226551",
      "sourceDescription": "Official post, byte-agreed by two independent reads",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 5553d29efc3810904982e07f7456b8be94a215a064f37718e1d4ad9f73cc5e81.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12. This status is not a reply, and it is filed as its own alert in this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 335,
      "timestamp": "2025-01-08T16:24:29-08:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Santa Monica College will resume on-ground classes, services, and business operations on Monday, Jan. 13, at its Main Campus and all satellite campuses with the exception of SMC Malibu, which will remain remote. Read more ⬇️ https://www.smc.edu/news/announcements/2025-01-12-smc-resumes-on-ground-classes-services.php",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1878530079250096143",
      "sourceDescription": "Official post, byte-agreed by two independent reads",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 e37e5d5b7d9dc61fae174c8bfa6d2c1a696049c79c8f4130c008cd6953d97abe.",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-12. This status is not a reply, and it is filed as its own alert in this incident."
      ],
      "characterCount": 317,
      "timestamp": "2025-01-12T11:50:46-08:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "The [opening post](https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1876727644072382906) and the [resume post](https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1878530079250096143) are the agreed texts.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The Palisades Fire closed the Malibu campus and moved classes remote."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@SMC_edu Palisades Malibu closure",
      "url": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1876727644072382906",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    },
    {
      "title": "@SMC_edu Palisades remote day",
      "url": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1876883453032968403",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    },
    {
      "title": "@SMC_edu Palisades remote through Friday",
      "url": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1877149407365226551",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    },
    {
      "title": "@SMC_edu Palisades resume except Malibu",
      "url": "https://x.com/SMC_edu/status/1878530079250096143",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "wildfire",
    "community-college",
    "2025"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}