For News Media

For journalists covering events and news conferences at various campus locations, the listings and maps below offer possible parking options for news vans and satellite trucks.

Important note: These are only potential locations. Final parking arrangements are subject to approval by the campus fire marshal and parking services. Any vehicles parked on red curbs, in posted fire lanes or next to fire hydrants without prior authorization are subject to ticketing and towing.

For planned events, parking instructions will be provided in advance. If you are coming to campus for an unannounced news event or to shoot b-roll or stand-ups, please contact communications officers to make parking arrangements.

For general news stories: Office of Media Relations and Public Outreach, 310-825-2585.

For athletics stories: Athletics Communications, 310-206-6831.

For Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine: Health Sciences Media Relations, 310-794-0777.

Campus locations and parking options:

James West Alumni Center | Ackerman Student Union [map]

• Structure 8 rooftop (5,000-lb and 8'3" limit; varies with pay-by-space availability)

• Portola Plaza loading zones at rear of Ackerman Union (3–4 spaces)

• Parking is no longer allowed in the fire lane turnaround outside James West.

Covel Commons | Northwest Auditorium [map]

(Construction scheduled through 2013)

• East curb of Young Drive West, south of De Neve (6 spaces)

• Lot 11 (varies with pay-by-space availability)

• Young Drive North bus cut-out, north of intramural fields

(8–10 spaces; trees may obstruct antennas)

• Acacia (4 metered spaces on east curb in front of Dykstra Commons)

Murphy Hall [map]

• Portola Plaza and Dickson Court loading zones and metered parking

• Pay-by-space parking on Charles E. Young Drive East, east of Murphy Hall and the law school

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center emergency room [map]

• Yellow curb on the east side of northbound Gayley, south of Charles E. Young Drive South

(7–9 spaces; no parking on campus roadways east of the grassy knoll)

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center auditorium [map]

(Poor cell phone reception)

• Medical Plaza turnaround, north side only

• If turnaround parking is unavailable, campus may close southbound lane of Westwood

Plaza, south of Medical Plaza, and allow curb parking (8–10 spaces)

Resnick NPI | Semel Institute auditorium [map]

• Stein Plaza turnaround in front of the NPI and Jules Stein Eye Institute

(8–10 spaces; trees may obstruct some antennas)