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Update: Palisades Fire remains 100% contained, 23,448 acres destroyed in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for ...
Update: Midway Fire in Alameda County remains at 75% containment by Thursday evening
Midway Fire initially started today at 2:51 p.m. in Alameda County. After being active for less than an hour, it has burned ...
FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSN2d
Crossing Fire sparks evacuation warnings for parts of Riverside County
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. - A large fire is burning parts of Riverside County, forcing residents in the area to evacuate. The ...
Modesto Bee on MSN3d
Stanislaus crews battle a couple of big, wind-driven vegetation fires
The first incident occurred in La Grange and was reported at 9:06 a.m. The fire already was at 20 acres when crews arrived. A battalion chief’s incident report said the fire was at steep drainage, ...
Orange County Register6d
Will Cal Fire get funding for more year-round firefighters in California’s state budget?
Following the January wildfires that tore through Los Angeles County, there was renewed interest in making sure California is adequately staffed with firefighters to prevent such disastrous events ...
Los Angeles Times10d
Drivers or partners? An LAFD role could be nixed amid budget woes
To Los Angeles City Council members searching desperately for cuts amid a budget crisis, the Fire Department’s emergency incident technicians are “drivers” whose main role is chauffeuring ...