Cal Fire rolls out new fire hazard maps for Central California. Up next: L.A.
Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...
Can fire-gutted suburbs rebuild safer? Here’s what the experts say
Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer ...
What will it take for Palisades trails to recover? Here’s a place to find answers — and hope
The Woolsey and Palisades fires both burned in large swaths of land in the Santa Monica Mountains. What can we learn from the ...
Want amazing views and a bit of mountain history? Hike to this L.A. fire lookout
Vetter Mountain lookout is about a five-mile round-trip hike. When it's open, you'll be greeted by a panorama of L.A. and a ...
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Cal Fire releases new hazard maps for the Bay Area and wine country
The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...
Emergency management officials not to blame for west Altadena alert failures, sources say
County fire or sheriff’s officials appear to have failed to set the alerts in motion, leaving many west Altadena residents to ...
Could this Irvine neighborhood be the blueprint for a more fire-resistant L.A.?
Years before the L.A. fires, Orchard Hills faced a fire of its own — and came out mostly unscathed due to a long collaboration between the developer and fire department.
L.A. County fires put new drinking-water safety measures to the test
When scientists found a carcinogen in the drinking water of Santa Rosa, Calif., after the Tubbs fire, it triggered a race to ...
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LAFD could have had at least 10 engines patrolling Palisades hills, former chiefs say
Amid high winds, a fire was visible in the distance, the flames flickering over a chaparral-choked ridge. About 11 minutes later, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Engine 23 radioed into ...
L.A. County had a new emergency alert system. Did that hurt west Altadena?
The quick turnaround raises questions about how much time county officials allotted to debug the software and train employees ...
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Untangling the mystery of failed Altadena evacuations: ‘There should have been all sorts of red lights’
The area was about 2½ miles from the fire ... after Times reporting found that emergency wireless alerts went out to west Altadena almost five hours after fire began to engulf homes in the ...