California utility company says its equipment may have sparked a Los Angeles-area wildfire
California utility company Southern California Edison on Thursday said its equipment “may be associated with” the ignition of ...
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Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
But in 2021, the state Legislature ordered Cal Fire to expand the mapping to include “high” hazard zones so the Legislature could apply fire-safety building regulations to the new “high ...
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Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
Only 21% of properties within the Eaton fire perimeter were in Cal Fire’s “very high” fire hazard severity zones. Yet 94% of those properties had “severe” or “extreme” wildfire risk ...
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CAL FIRE firefighters could become year-round employees, new bill proposes
A newly proposed state bill with bipartisan support would keep CAL FIRE firefighters employed year-round — and help with staffing issues, its supporters said. The Fight for Firefighters Act ...
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Palisades and Eaton wildfires 100% contained after nearly a month of burning
LOS ANGELES − After nearly a month of destruction, smoke, and ash, the Eaton and Palisades fires that once ensconced Los Angeles have been fully contained, according to Cal Fire. "The conditions ...
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New state legislation would make seasonal CAL FIRE firefighters full time
The January Southern California firestorm highlighted a chilling truth, and the dates of other CAL FIRE wildfire declarations hammer it home. There is truly no longer a wildfire season here in ...
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Los Angeles' Eaton Fire is 100% contained, Cal Fire says
The two major fires plus several smaller ones created the worst natural disaster in Los Angeles County history, killing 28 people and damaging or destroying more than 16,000 structures, Cal Fire said.
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California Politics
5, 2022. A Cal Fire report released in November 2023 said sparks from the contact between a sagging Southern California Edison line and another line caused the fire. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope ...