Rains hit SoCal for much of this week. Why it’s probably not a fire killer
Back-to-back atmospheric river storms are set to hit Los Angeles County this week — giving the region much-needed moisture ...
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LAFD Claps Back at Mayor Bass
Bass told Fox11 that LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley did not warn her against taking an overseas trip to Ghana in the days before ...
LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the ...
SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes
Street flooding and mudslides, and a weak tornado, were reported across the region as the storm barreled through Thursday evening.
California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...
Why Los Angeles Burned
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As a severe thunderstorm and strong winds pounded Los Angeles Thursday, a group of photojournalists ...
Atmospheric river slams into L.A. County, bringing mudslides and flooding, and trapping cars
Just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across Los Angeles County, residents faced another extreme ...
How Southern California firefighters are preparing for more dangerous Santa Ana winds
The Santa Anas are expected to be most powerful Monday night into Tuesday. Fire services across the region say they are ready.
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LA mayor sacks fire chief in wake of devastating wildfires
Chief Kristin Crowley made television appearances while fires were still raging to blame the mayor for leaving the fire ...
Hurricane-force Winds Hit Los Angeles, San Diego Amid California Wildfires
Numerous wildfires have ignited in southern California this month, killing at least 27 people and spanning thousands of acres ...
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In literature, L.A.’s Santa Ana winds are a powerful character and a signal that ‘anything can happen’
It was Joan Didion in her 1967 essay, Los Angeles Notebook, who observed that the onset of a Santa Ana wind event is a mood, a queasy, premonitory pit in the stomach. The winds – the high ...
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These Are the Winds That Turn Wildfires Deadly in L.A.
Wind data is as of ... month’s wildfires around Los Angeles into raging cauldrons of devastation. They also made the blazes fit a pattern. Fires driven by Santa Ana winds, the infamous gusts ...