Untangling the mystery of failed Altadena evacuations: ‘There should have been all sorts of red lights’
When flames bellowed up out of Eaton Canyon on the evening of Jan. 7, west Altadena did not, at first glance, seem to pose ...
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Concrete buildings, strategic fire breaks leave Guam less vulnerable to devastating fires
As red flag warnings signal elevated fire risks across Guam this weekend, local officials emphasize that the island's strict building codes and ongoing fire prevention efforts make the island less ...
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Los Angeles wildfires tested the city’s art handling and storage infrastructure
The deadly wildfires that devastated parts of Los Angeles last month damaged and destroyed works of art in private homes, ...
California's Terrible Wildfires Exposed a Variety of State Policy Failures
One of the common themes in my writing has been the state's commitment to expanding bureaucracy and regulation, without much ...
Evacuations issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of debris flows in areas scarred by wildfires
For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in ...
Californians brace for flooding in areas torched by wildfires as freezing rain, snow aim for Oregon
Thursday’s storms followed two days of heavy snow and freezing rain in a swath of the eastern U.S. stretching from Kentucky to Washington, D.C., that caused hundreds of traffic accidents, knocked out ...
Did cutting power actually start the Eaton Fire?
A report in the Los Angeles Times indicates that it may have been Southern California Edison’s attempt to cut off power ahead of the Eaton Fire that actually started the deadly blaze. Edison ...
Southern California Edison gear ignited more fires in 2024 than previous year
Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that ...
Edison knew before Eaton fire that cutting power risked igniting blaze, records show
Southern California Edison was warned in 2022 that an emergency shutdown could overload power lines that run through Eaton ...
Eastern storm cuts power to tens of thousands as California braces for flooding
The storm system that cut a path from Kentucky to Maryland and points farther north on Tuesday brought more than 14 inches ...
What we know about the victims killed in the California wildfires
At least 29 people have died in the fires across the Los Angeles area. At least two of the people killed in the Southern ...
A former firefighter in the Legislature has ideas. Will Democrats listen?
It’s safe to say there’s no legislator more familiar with battling fires against the Santa Ana winds than Sen. Kelly Seyarto.