Emergency Communications

BIOLA EMERGENCY ALERT (April 29, 2017 at 6:02 p.m.) Active shooter in the La Mirada area near Imperial/Santa Gertrudes. All students have been advised to avoid the area and return to campus through the Biola Ave. entrance or leave for safer area. Campus is safe and not impacted. Campus Safety is monitoring the situation. We will provide updates as the situation unfolds.

(10:35 p.m.) - No new information from LASD. Deployment of the campus safety officers to the entrances has been removed. Officers have resumed their general patrol on upper and lower campus. Campus is safe.

(6:59 p.m.) - Update: LASD indicated suspect vehicle found in Mayberry Park in the city of Whittier 3 plus miles away from campus. East bound La Mirada Blvd will remain closed for a considerable amount of time. Campus is safe. Campus Safety officer deployments on Campus will remain intact until further notice.

(April 29, 2017 at 6:28 p.m.) - Shooting started as a carjacking in Pico Rivera. A green Cherokee was stolen. They drove from the Pico Rivera area into Whittier and now in La Mirada area. Los Angeles Sheriff Department has set up a command post at La Mirada High School. Suspects at large. Several roads in La Mirada are closed off including Imperial and La Mirada Blvd. Campus Safety officers have been deployed to the northern perimeters of campus. Campus is safe.

For an update on road travel back to Biola for the Spring 2025 semester, please visit this webpage for a map and travel information. 

If you have been directly affected by any of the fires, please contact Biola at internal.communications@biola.edu.