Winds in Southern California are expected to calm, but the fire threat continues this week
As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...
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Southern California faces most urgent warning for strong winds, extreme fire danger
The Santa Ana wind forecast for Southern California has worsened ... according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Eaton fire, which has charred more than 14,000 acres ...
Los Angeles will face another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds starting today
This extended drought, exacerbated by Santa Ana winds, has rendered the landscape increasingly vulnerable. Current data from ...
California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
California is years behind in implementing a 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire. It was ...
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‘Everyone needs to be on high alert,’ mayor says, as a new burst of dangerous winds bears down on Los Angeles
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection “has surged and positioned over 790 firefighting personnel who are ready to respond above and beyond its usual staffing levels,” the ...
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Lessons from the burn zone: Why some homes survived the L.A. wildfires
pointing to a list of low-cost retrofits from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Jim “Taz” Evans is no stranger to wildfire. After the artist’s Malibu home burned ...
Our Reporter Deployed With an L.A. Fire-Damage Inspector. Here’s What He Saw.
Tallying each property’s condition, the assessments can be a family’s first official word on whether their home—and ...
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California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California ... they are deemed at highest fire risk by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.