Power equipment draws intense scrutiny in Los Angeles fires
Hundreds of homes in the Altadena area still had power when a fire erupted there, according to a grid-monitoring company and ...
Canadian ‘Super Scooper’ plane grounded after hitting civilian drone over Los Angeles wildfires
A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...
Man arrested on suspicion of starting Los Angeles fire
A man has been arrested on suspicion of starting a new wildfire that erupted in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon.
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Los Angeles wildfires: Threads post falsely claims police are searching for suspect tied to MAGA
A Jan. 8 Threads post said the Los Angeles Police Department is "looking for three ‘persons of interest’ all tied to a MAGA website who were spotted at the source of all three major LA fires. This ...
Another evacuation alert sent in error to phones of Los Angeles County residents
A second alert followed the first, explaining that it was meant only for people near the Kenneth Fire, a new brush fire that ...
Budget Cuts to Fire Department Are a Point of Contention, but the Full Picture Is Complicated
But as with much of the news swirling around the fires, the real picture is complicated. Facing lower tax revenues and higher ...
Los Angeles fire budget cut, hundreds of hydrants stolen for scrap before fires
Hundreds of fire hydrants were stolen from the ground for scrap metal in advance of the blazes raging across Los Angeles, highlighting the local government’s challenges ...