‘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 ...
Rains hit SoCal for much of this week. Why it’s probably not a fire killer
Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...
‘Absolute hell’: Residents struggle against nature, bureaucrats, banks and builders to recover from 2020 Santa Cruz Mountains inferno
Fire victims’ experiences, and damning grand jury findings, depict a county government unprepared to meet the needs of ...
‘Pineapple express’ hits Southern California after pounding Bay Area
The gusty atmospheric river storm could cause flooding and rockslides but also will help reduce the risk of wildfires with ...
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Residents Struggle to Recover from 2020 Santa Cruz Mountains Fire
(TNS) — Just a month after she bought her red-doored dream home, Ana Wold’s little gray Boulder Creek house burned to the ground in the 2020 Santa Cruz Mountains firestorm. Now she’s walking ...
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Tragedy and Resilience: Fires Transform Pacific Palisades and Altadena
Amid the unthinkable losses from L.A.'s unprecedented disaster, there were also small miracles and harbingers of hope across ...
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Granite inks $88M deal to pave, widen SoCal highway
California, in the state’s eastern interior. The section of the thoroughfare Granite will work on in this project winds through the Santa Ana Mountains. The highway traverses a hairpin turn ...
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Authorities warn of 'life-threatening, destructive' windstorm in Ventura, Los Angeles
Authorities warned this week of a possibly "life-threatening, destructive" Santa Ana windstorm ... Nov. 6 when the Mountain Fire erupted near Somis or Dec. 9 when the Franklin Fire ignited near Malibu ...
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Here's how the Santa Ana winds form ... and turn Southern California into a tinderbox
Santa Ana winds can occur when the pressure gradient caused by a high-pressure region over the Rockies, in combination with friction, forces air from the mountainous West down the San Gabriel ...
Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter is sentenced to nearly 5 years in sports betting case
He was ordered to pay $18 million in restitution, with nearly $17 million going to Shohei Ohtani and the remainder to the IRS ...
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Santa Cruz Mountains residents prepare for incoming storm
AND ALSO UPDATE YOUR FAMILY PREPAREDNESS PLAN. Residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains are preparing for another atmospheric river by stocking up on essentials and drawing on their past storm ...