Firefighters battled Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed ten people, burned at least 10,000 structures from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their homes. Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations calmed somewhat, though forecasters […]
The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as they were overstressed without assistance from firefighting aircraft for hours early Wednesday. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power […]
As the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, and Hurst Fire burn in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, CAL FIRE announced on Wednesday that 55 wildfires have burned in California since the start of the year. “CAL FIRE is battling multiple wildfires across Southern California,” the agency wrote on X, along with information about the ongoing fires […]
Fierce wildfires are raging in the Los Angeles area, fueled by powerful Santa Ana winds, sending residents fleeing from burning homes through flames, ferocious winds and towering clouds of smoke. Thousands of firefighters were battling at least three separate blazes on Wednesday, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena. One of the fires was the […]
LOS ANGELES—A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands. In the frantic haste to get to safety, roadways were clogged and scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some […]
The People’s Convoy met up with the Defeat the Mandates Rally on Sunday. The Los Angeles-based, day-long event hosted thousands of guests who spoke against and protested COVID-19 mandates. Two large fires broke out in the Bay Area over the weekend. Fortunately, no one was injured, but one blaze was so large, evidence of it […]
A new bill is being proposed in California that would remove the personal belief exemption from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students. Fire crews are making progress on a California wildfire. It’s burning along the beautiful California coast and an iconic bridge.
QUINCY, Calif.—Thousands of Northern California homes were threatened Sunday by the nation’s largest wildfire. Thunderstorms that moved in starting Friday didn’t produce much rain but whipped up winds and generated lightning strikes across the northern Sierra where crews were battling the month-old Dixie Fire. “We’re definitely still dealing with the possibility of lightning. Winds are […]
QUINCY, Calif.—At least eight people were missing Saturday as one of the worst wildfires in the nation scorched through Northern California communities, forest, and tinder dry scrub in the Sierra Nevada mountains, destroying a historic gold rush town. Even as the calmer, less windy weather gave firefighters a break overnight with the Dixie fire, the […]
INDIAN FALLS, Calif.—California’s largest wildfire merged with a smaller blaze and destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters, as numerous other fires gained strength and threatened property across the U.S. West. The massive Dixie Fire, which started July 14, had already leveled over a dozen houses and other structures when it combined […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday declared the wildfires raging in California a major disaster. The declaration will allow federal funds to be used by people and businesses harmed by the fires in seven counties to pay for temporary housing, home repairs, and other needs. More than two dozen massive wildfires continued to ravage parts of […]
LOS ANGELES—Firefighters battled on Saturday to outflank a wildfire that has forced the closure of an interstate highway in Northern California as the blaze swept through explosively dry mountain timber in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest for a fourth day. The Delta Fire has scorched more than 31,000 acres (12,545 hectares) in the Cascade range since […]
