Here’s what it’s like to manage Cal Fire’s aircraft during a massive wildfire
Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...
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In the Heat of Battle With Tanker 47
Tanker 47, we’re in the dip,” co-pilot Pablo Montero calls over the radio. It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a Godzilla of a blaze ...
What is the pink powder fire crews are dropping on L.A., and how does it work?
Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week show a vivid pink substance coating streets, cars and ...
The death that sparked the legend that 'no one dies at Disneyland'
Disneyland Park saw its first homicide in 1981, likely leading to the urban legend that no one is ever declared dead inside ...
He left his LA-area home to cover the wildfires. But the flames were barreling toward his front door.
Ryan Pearson, a Los Angeles-based entertainment video editor for The Associated Press, lost his home to the California ...
Disneyland hotels housing 100 Disney employees displaced by wildfires
At least 64 Disney employees lost their homes in the Palisades and Eaton fires and hundreds more remain evacuated from their ...
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‘Just devastating': Families displaced by LA wildfires flocking to OC, realtor says
The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles county have many affected homeowners flooding the luxury real estate market in ...
Fruit truck decimated after fire in Tulare County, oranges may have contributed
A truck transporting fruit was set on fire after it caught fire along a Tulare County highway, fire officials announced ...
List of local organizations helping Southern California wildfire victims
Here is as list of organizations accepting donations and offering to help Southern California wildfire victims.
Republicans blame DEI. This fire captain disagrees.
Lauren Andrade, a fire captain in Orange County, is deeply familiar with the DEI conversation as it relates to fire. She’s ...
See the disaster assessment maps for the Palisades, Eaton wildfire
The Los Angeles County Fire Department has provided the following maps of the thousands of structures, primarily homes, that ...
Timeline of L.A. Mayor Karen Bass' trip to Ghana as fire crisis developed
Mayor Karen Bass has come under criticism for attending an inauguration in Ghana as mounting warnings signaled heightened ...