L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...
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Why the Evacuation Alert System Struggled During the L.A. Fires
Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after ...
Power Shutoff Affects Temecula Wine Country Tasting Rooms, Hotels
Southern California Edison's most recent Public Safety Power Shutoffs affected numerous businesses in Temecula, including ...
California wildfires lose steam but welcomed rain brings different threats
Much-need rain has begun to fall over Southern California, bringing relief to the drought-stricken region but also the threat ...
California Wildfires: Scorched region gets its first significant rain in months.
So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went ...
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A free California? Trump visits as initiative to leave U.S. cleared to gather signatures
LOS ANGELES – President Donald Trump, long a vocal detractor of California, touched down in Los Angeles on Friday to tour fire ravaged ... become an independent country was cleared by the ...
How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis
Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
Fire crews in Southern California quickly extinguish brush fires amid extreme fire weather
Windy and dry conditions have returned to Southern California, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking as firefighters ...
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Trump says California’s mismanagement of forests and water is to blame for wildfires. Here’s the reality.
Trump took more shots at California in his inauguration speech, saying falsely the LA fires were still burning “without even a token of defense.” Later that day, he signed an executive action ...
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Winds and dry conditions across SoCal driving new fires
Southern California’s fire season refuses to quit, even with rain on the horizon. In the last day, hundreds of weary firefighters have battled multiple fires in the hills around Los Angeles and ...