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Monitoring Inclement Weather
Pepperdine officials are monitoring the current inclement weather. The national weather service has identified a major storm presently in the Southern California area that may continue to bring heavy rain and wind to the area over the next 24 hours. This storm may result in flooding, debris flow, and/or road closures.
All employees and students are encouraged to drive slowly and carefully, leave plenty of extra time for travel, and remain informed about conditions for Pepperdine’s Southern California campuses by utilizing the following information resources:
- Road hotline: 310.506.ROAD (7623)
- Emergency hotline: 888.286.5659
- Emergency Information Page: emergency.pepperdine.edu
If multiple road closures result from the storm, please note that decisions regarding class cancellations, or campus closures where only critical support personnel would report to campus, are ordinarily made by the Emergency Operations Committee before 6 AM on days affected by storms. If classes are canceled, the information resources listed above will be immediately updated and a message distributed.
Pepperdine Monitoring Road and Weather Conditions
The Malibu and Calabasas campuses remain open and scheduled classes and events are taking place with modifications due to the inclement weather today, January 5, 2023. The area is expected to receive some additional rainfall and gusty winds this afternoon and possibly into the evening as the storm moves throughout the region.
At this time, there are no road closures in the area, but rocks, mud, water in the road, worker vehicles, and slow moving traffic can be expected on local roads.
For the latest information, please visit the University’s Emergency Information Page. Road closures in the area will also be updated on the University’s Road Conditions Hotline at 310.506.ROAD.
Suspicious Person Escorted Off The Malibu Campus
Last night, December 7, 2022, a purported DoorDash driver, Justin Salter (pictured below), entered the Malibu Campus and later interacted with students near the student residence halls on “Res Road.”
Mr. Salter entered the Malibu Campus again today, December 8, 2022. Following student tips to Public Safety, including via LiveSafe, linking Mr. Salter with social media posts with disturbing hashtags, Pepperdine’s Public Safety department located Mr. Salter and, out of an abundance of caution, notified the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD). LASD engaged with Mr. Salter and did not perceive a credible threat. Public Safety and LASD escorted Mr. Salter off campus with a formal admonishment that he is not allowed to return to any Pepperdine campus.
Thank you to the students who informed Public Safety of this situation. Pepperdine University is committed to the safety and well-being of our community. If you see Mr. Salter, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 310.506.4441 or notify them via the LiveSafe app.
Heightened Security on Campus
This evening during a football game played at the Colosseum in Los Angeles, between the University of Southern California and Notre Dame University, a patron found a handwritten note purportedly indicating a potential planned “shooting at school” on Sunday, November 27th. The note mentions four higher education institutions in the Southern California area, including Pepperdine University. After discussing with the Los Angeles Police Department, while we do not currently view this as a highly credible threat, out of an abundance of caution and to be transparent in communications, we are alerting our community for awareness. As we would for any such situation, Pepperdine continues to work with law enforcement and has put in place a number of additional security measures, which the community may notice, and our security teams remain on heightened alert.
If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Public Safety at 310-506-4442.
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