How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the US West, according to fired workers
The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less ...
Crashes and Disasters
No California agency knows how many miles of idled or abandoned power lines cross the state’s hillsides and forests, which ...
Local fire departments urge residents to clear their fire hydrants
We haven’t had a snow-less week in a while and because of the major accumulation, firefighters all over the county are having trouble getting to fire hydrants. The ...
How Trump’s mass layoffs raise the risk of wildfires in the West, according to fired workers
The Forest Service firings — on the heels of deadly blazes that ripped through Los Angeles last month — are part of a wave of ...
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Power lines sparked new fires in LA after the Eaton Fire began, radio traffic shows
Radio traffic shows SoCal Edison was not able to shut power off quickly in Altadena or Sierra Madre, and the company's live ...
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Eaton fire radio traffic
Days after the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles first ignited, firefighters observed that power lines operated by Southern ...
New California Maps Show Big Increase in Areas Facing ‘High’ or ‘Very High’ Wildfire Risk
In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency ...
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Fire Hazard Maps Changing after Altadena, CA, Inferno
CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the city unmarked. Entire blocks of homes in Altadena were destroyed ...
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U.S. home-price growth softens, but the LA wildfires hinder a broader market recovery
Despite that and other positives, the LA wildfires are still making an impact on the housing market at the local and national levels. On Monday, ICE released its February 2025 Mortgage Monitor ...