LA relied on teen volunteers for years despite fire chief's warning, but leaders can't be sued: lawyer
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two years ago.
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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L.A. Fires highlight risk to the built environment across the West
What played out in L.A. could easily occur in other communities, other cities across the West and even outside the West,” ...
The Private Firefighters On Call for the Californians Who Can Afford Them
I had people calling me, ‘If I write you a check right now for a million dollars, will you come to my house?’” says Andrew ...
From flames over Sunset Boulevard to insurance calls: A week in the life of LA wildfire victims
The California fires didn’t just destroy homes - the climate-driven disaster caught the fabric of community. View on euronews ...
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Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet
About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open land.