Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
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Marin stakeholders, citing LA fires, escalate housing opposition
In the aftermath of catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, residents in Marin are expressing rising concerns about new housing construction planned in high fire zones. Save Dominican Valley, a group of ...
‘Pineapple express’ storm arrives in Southern California after pounding the Bay Area
The first of two "pineapple express" storms has arrived in Southern California after delivering a stronger-than-expected ...
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AB 303 Targets Battery Energy Storage, Seeks to Reassert Local Control
California Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 303, titled the “Battery Energy Safety ...
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Jim Hartman: Conditions for California wildfire relief
On his Jan. 24 visit to California to survey wildfire damage, President Trump demanded concessions from California Democrats ...
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How One Los Angeles Institution Is Responding to the Fires
The Weisman Art Foundation’s actions highlight how climate change reshapes the protection of cultural heritage worldwide ...
It Was the Big One. Just Not the One L.A. Was Expecting.
Officials across the Los Angeles area had plenty of warning that a deadly confluence of wind and drought was coming. A bad ...
What it’s really going to take to build fire-resistant communities
Protecting individual houses is not enough. We need to rethink how we design entire neighborhoods and communities. When a ...
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It’s likely Los Angeles-like wildfires will come to Eagle County. Here’s how local fire and water entities are preparing.
Eagle County is at risk of experiencing a large-scale wildfire. “We’ve always been and we probably always will be,” said Hugh ...
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NV5 and USGS Release High Resolution Lidar Data of Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire Burn Areas to the Public
NV5 acquired the new lidar data with a Riegl 1560II and Applanix IMU. The burn zones were flown at 16 points per square meter ...
The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is.
In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, with more than 16,000 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by two fires in the Los Angeles area.
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California Wildfire Updates: Hughes Fire 100% Contained As Palisades, Eaton Fires Near Full Containment
Jan. 23, 11:27 p.m. PSTThe National Weather Service forecasted a low pressure system “likely” to bring much needed rain to Southern California ... Zone for the Sunset Fire is LIFTED” in ...