Palisades and Eaton wildfires 100% contained after nearly a month of burning
The two fires sparked on Jan. 7 during a historic wind event swept through the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, killing at least 29, burning over 37,000 acres, or 57.8 square miles, and leaving ...
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Cal Fire helps residents prepare for the worst with a new program to retrofit homes
Cal Fire says in the case of one Malibu home it was thanks to home hardening, and now they’re launching a pilot program to do the same here in San Diego County. Delaney White has the story.
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More than 1,100 inmates help Cal Fire battle Palisades, Eaton fires for less than $30 a day
Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions - including howling winds and toxic smoke - to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires ...
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Crashes and Disasters
Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world. If air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs and firefighting ...
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Here’s what it’s like to manage Cal Fire’s aircraft during a massive wildfire
Cal Fire had more than 60 aircraft within its firefighting fleet in the effort to combat fires throughout Los Angeles. Cal Fire’s fleet of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft make it the largest ...
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Elapses size of San Francisco: LA fires carve mark on history
The Palisades and Eaton fires are among the most destructive in state history. Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County on Thursday, the blazes were already rewriting the ...
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Cal Fire Chief: 'Weeks' Needed to Extinguish LA Wildfires Fully
As Los Angeles County continues to endure one of the most destructive wildfire seasons in California's history, Cal Fire Battalion Chief David Acuña warned that it could take weeks to fully ...
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Man Reunites with Firefighter Who Helped Him Rescue His 2 Dogs from L.A. Fires
Casey Colvin got to thank Cal Fire battalion chief Brent Pascua in person for saving his pets Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.
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Rural areas got millions in state fire prevention funds over parts of L.A. that burned
Cal Fire elected not to fund millions of dollars in Wildfire Prevention Grants over the last four years for areas that were destroyed by the Palisades fire, state records show. During the same ...
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Santa Clara County ends Cal Fire contract for rural communities
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to end a contract with Cal Fire and place fire service in that part of the county under direct county control. At Tuesday's meeting, county ...
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New threats emerge as massive LA fires rewrite records for death and destruction
Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County Wednesday and residents braced for a new round of dangerous winds, the blazes were already rewriting the record books. Over the last ...