LA County residents to face evacuation warnings due to risks of mudslides and debris flows
With heavy rain bringing the risk of dangerous debris flows, the Los Angeles Fire Department has announced evacuation warnings — and mandatory evacuation orders for some specific addresses — in areas ...
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LA’s “fire dozer” is every bit as cool as it sounds
This thing is an absolute unit. Over 11 feet tall. Runs on tracks instead of wheels. Up front? A 16-foot-wide blade that clears 30 feet of brush in two passes. Its turbocharged 14.6-liter six-cylinder ...
KCAL News investigation finds more than 1,300 fire hydrants need maintenance across LA
An investigation has found that hundreds of fire hydrants spanning throughout Los Angeles may be in need of repair, despite ...
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Firefighters, who are also veterans, say military background helped them battle Palisades Fire
Adam Van Gerpen, Public Information Officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. "We were there at the beginning, and we had firefighters surrounding the whole thing, on the roof with hose lines.
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LA City Fire captain recounts fighting Palisades fire and returning home to Middle Tennessee
I connected with one of those LA city fire captains who said support is what they need now. “Thirty-three years of experience, you think you’ve just seen it all. And when you look at this ...
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Hughes Fire forces partial evacuation of 5,000+ person Los Angeles jail
The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City ... Fire. The California Guard’s MAFFS are based at the 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in ...
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LA’s Rush to Rebuild After Fires Risks Deepening City’s Housing Crisis
Advocates and experts say the fires should serve as a wake-up call for a broader rethink, contributor Patrick Sisson reports. Today on CityLab: What LA’s Fires Mean for the City’s Housing Shortage ...
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Here's the latest on LA County's Hughes Fire as 'dangerous' winds continue
At 1:55 a.m. on Thursday, the Los Angeles City Fire Department announced that it had stopped all forward progress of the fire at about 40 acres and lifted the evacuation warning. Evacuation orders ...
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LA Fire Department rolls out new measure to aid residents grappling with looters
The Los Angeles ... The department has formed a specialized Looter Suppression Team to crack down on looters raiding private property in Altadena, which lies within the Eaton fire burn zone.
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No, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass didn't oust fire chief | Fact check
A Jan. 10 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a screenshot of a Daily Mail headline and claims Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fired a city official amid the wildfires devastating the ...
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2 people arrested with fire truck while impersonating firefighters at LA wildfires: Police
A Los Angeles Police Department unit was patrolling through the evacuation zones on Saturday, when they discovered a fire truck that "did not appear to be legitimate," according to the sheriff's ...
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L.A. Wildfires: Dry, dangerous winds are returning to a region primed to burn.
Within those vast borders, there is a Los Angeles Police Department ... them lived in the hillside community of Altadena, near the eastern edge of the city, where the Eaton fire destroyed ...