'Built to burn.' L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillisides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
Disaster strikes: St. Paul, Shoreview and Stillwater residents tell tales of house fires and recovery
Mary Jo Hoffman next to the remains of the home she and her husband, Steve, own in Shoreview on Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025. The ...
Plus-size fire evacuees struggled to find new clothes. This Burbank boutique lent a hand
Olivia Pyle, owner of Qurves Boutique in Burbank, is providing free plus-size clothing to evacuees of the L.A. County fires: 'I saw a need.' ...
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Los Angeles crews fully contain Palisades and Eaton fires
With flames raging out of control, crews had little chance of stopping embers from spreading to homes. "The conditions, that night, were unbearable," LA County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said ...
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Students raise concerns with campus fire safety after incidents at Gile, Little Halls
Some students have expressed concerns with campus fire safety following two incidents this month. On Jan. 18, a small fire in Gile Hall summoned the Hanover Fire Department at 2:10 a.m., according to ...
Los Angeles Times14d
Palisades and Eaton fires now 100% contained. But a long road to recovery looms
Fire crews have reached a milestone in the devastating firestorm that rained embers and terror across Los Angeles County, achieving 100% containment of the Palisades ...
Yahoo News UK15d
I lost my home in the LA fires: "Is that my room, fully in flames?"
It was 11 days after one of the LA fires took our house, and I was back at university ... that the volunteers had set up and sorted through donations from people all over L.A. They didn’t have any ...
Yahoo News UK15d
‘Little House on the Prairie’ Star Fires Back at Megyn Kelly’s Threat Against Netflix Reboot
Megyn Kelly trolled too close to the sun when she sent off a tweet chastising Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reboot, getting a prompt clap back from the original show’s star Melissa Gilbert.
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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe ...
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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County officials approved an outside review of how alerts functioned in the Eaton Fire and Palisades Fire in response to residents’ demands. City officials declined to ...
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Fire destroys Little Orleans area home
Jan. 28—LITTLE ORLEANS — A fire that destroyed a Price Road home Monday remains under investigation by the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. Orleans and surrounding volunteer fire companies ...