After Wildfire, Westmont College Fences Off Ruined Buildings, Assesses Damage

Westmont College lost 15 faculty houses, a dormitory complex, and its physics and psychology buildings when a wildfire rolled over its 111-acre campus Friday evening. Officials of the college, located east of Santa Barbara, Calif., said over the weekend that they were busy assessing the damage, fencing off ruined buildings, and figuring out how soon the semester could resume. The Chronicle‘s Josh Keller filed this report.