Firefighters are looking to make as much progress against the Palisades and Eaton fires as possible over the weekend, before sever winds are expected to come back to Los Angeles and Ventura counties early next week.
The Eaton fire in Altadena has ravaged 14,117 acres of Los Angeles and claimed 16 lives since it started burning on January 7.
The ferocious flames that tore through the foothill community of Altadena ... break out of it.” Santa Ana winds are normal and common for this time of year in Southern California, but “it ...
The historic community of Altadena, on the foothills ... proportions by near-hurricane force Santa Ana winds, and made worse by the fact that Southern California has had a shockingly dry winter ...
Strong winds are fueling fires and kicking up dust, leading to dangerously poor air quality across the South Coast Air Basin.
Tuesday, 2:10 p.m. PST Cal Fire says the Auto Fire, which broke out Monday in Ventura County, is 25% contained several hours after fire crews stopped forward progress on the 56-acre blaze.
For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable.
Strong, damaging Santa Ana winds are expected to bring extreme wildfire danger to Southern California Monday into Tuesday as the landscape remains dangerously starved of rain, and as firefighters continue to work to fully contain wildfires that left at least 27 people dead and destroyed thousands of homes this month.
The wildfire is expected to become more worse for Southern California as strong Santa Ana winds are expected to become stronger in Monday and Tuesday. Th devastating wildfire, which has been raging for more than a week in Southern California,
So many people fled on their own as wind-whipped flames raced over the nearby hills that by the time authorities issued the order to evacuate, traffic was gridlocked.
Firefighters made progress battling back the deadly Los Angeles County blazes on Saturday, Jan. 18, as President-elect Donald Trump said he likely will visit the fire-torn areas next week. “I will be, probably, at the end of the week,” Trump told NBC News in an interview on Saturday.