‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillsides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
How to Rebuild From the Ashes
Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park was destroyed by a fire in 2017—but mostly recovered. It could be a model for Altadena and Pacific ...
What to know about your garden soil following a wildfire
A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.
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Acacia Fire reported in Santa Paula Wednesday evening
A brush fire started up Wednesday evening in an area of Santa Paula between the Santa Clara River and Highway 126. The blaze was first reported shortly before 7 p.m. in the 600 block of Acacia Road.
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Local areas face dangerous Santa Anas, critical fire conditions overnight
Authorities warned that extremely critical fire conditions will continue Wednesday as an on-and-off windstorm kicks back up overnight. Last week, intense Santa Ana winds gusted up to 80 to 100 mph in ...
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Gov. Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more fire resistant in a wind-driven wildfire after years of delay.
California must quickly ban plants within 5 feet of homes in fire-prone areas, Newsom says
Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the state to speed up its rulemaking for wildfire safety around homes in fire-prone areas that ...