College-age firefighters? Why recruitment is coming to Reedley
Reedley College’s Wildland Fire program is working to increase recruitment and retention of firefighters, as the fire season ...
Barack and Michelle Obama share statement over situation affecting daughters Sasha and Malia
Barack, 63, and Michelle, 61, share two daughters, Malia, 26, and Sasha, 23, both of whom live in LA as well. Malia is a ...
Former Reedley College student explains how wildland fire program prepared him to become a hotshot
The fires in Southern California have drawn firefighters, including Kings River Hotshot Diego Moreno, who returned from the ...
The fires consuming Los Angeles are just the beginning
You can’t even call the LA fires a warning shot. Rather, they are merely the latest episode in a rapidly unfolding story.
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Fighting fire with fire: Are man-made burns RI's best weapon against wildfire?
EXETER – A storeroom behind the headquarters of the state Forest Fire Program is usually stocked with 60 backpacks containing special firehoses ready to be used to fight wildfires that break out ...
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VERIFYING claims about inmates who fight wildfires in California
How much do incarcerated firefighters in California make? Will they be able to get firefighting jobs upon release? Here’s what we can VERIFY.
Trump puts California on defense
THE BUZZ: CROUCH AND DEFEND — President Donald Trump already has California Democrats on their heels over the state’s sanctuary immigration laws.
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L.A. wildfires expose the exploitation of incarcerated workers
Choosing between being locked in a cell or fighting on the front lines of a wildfire for the chance of a reduced sentence is not a fair choice. Incarcerated firefighters working 24-hour shifts for ...