Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?
GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back.
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The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
FDNY chiefs tour LA wildfire devastation to learn lessons for fighting NYC blazes
It was dramatic … overwhelming,” FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito told the Daily News, recalling the miles of scorched ...
How fire departments use pre-positioning to get a jump on wildfires
When weather experts predict dangerous wind storms, there’s funding available for fire departments to pre-deploy extra strike teams and equipment to quickly jump on the fires that may be sparked – ...
WATCH: Fire crews battle large house fire in Eaton County
The fire broke out around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28th and when firefighters arrived on scene flames were visible and rapidly ...
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Eaton and Palisade fire heroes honored at Board of Supervisor meeting
Calling them heroes, organizations and community groups that stepped up during the Eaton and Palisades wildfires were honored ...
Numerous fire departments respond to large house fire in Eaton County
“Unfortunately, no local qualified bidder submitted a bid for this job,” said Mayor Andy Schor in a statement sent to News 10. Alicia Guevara, CEO of the Early Childhood Investment Corporation says ...
LA county wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an ...
Inside a Pasadena church, a vision for Eaton fire recovery – and a call for equity – forge ahead
Longer term, church leaders said that they aim to play pivotal roles in the rebuild-and-recovery effort that they hope can ...
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Eaton Fire evacuees return to scenes of devastation, some hope in Altadena
A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office deputy was on watch ... He was one of the few people inside the Eaton Fire evacuation zone on Friday, Jan. 10. Jay can call himself a Pasadena resident ...