A ‘brush with catastrophe’: Close call with Hughes fire stirs concerns about jail safety
Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...
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Guest Commentary: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change
But approximately 13,000 people incarcerated across L.A. County jails and juvenile halls experience these catastrophes ...
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Malibu Seen: A three-hour Tour De Force Majeure
Random thoughts from a CalFire tour through the forbidden zone On Saturday, Jan. 25, I took a three-hour tour with Brent ...
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Acacia Fire reported in Santa Paula Wednesday evening
The Hughes Fire started in Castaic around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and by nightfall had reached nearly 9,400 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In Ventura ...
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Castaic Animal Care Center Reopens Following Temporary Closure
On Wednesday the Department of Animal Care and Control  announced that the Castaic Animal Care Center (ACC)  has officially reopened  its doors to the community after a temporary closure due to the ...