Fire inspector washed off PCH by mudslide tells how he survived: "It came out of nowhere"
When a mudslide pushed his SUV off a cliff and into the ocean earlier this month, Los Angeles Fire Department Inspector Jerry ...
Elias: What will it take to end California’s big electric monopolies?
So far, official blame has not yet been cast on Southern California Edison Co. for either blaze, with the events of Jan. 7 ...
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California Focus: What would it take for a big utility to lose its monopoly?
The latest response of California’s top regulatory commission to a disaster caused by an electric company can lead to only one logical question: How badly must the state’s regional monopoly ...
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Perfect storm: Megafires set the stage for debris flows
Flows following this winter in California pose a bigger threat than typical mudslides, UC Riverside professor Andrew Gray ...
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Montecito Welcomes Families Displaced by LA Wildfires with Family BBQ
Anthony Ranii, superintendent of Montecito Union School District, said they’ve had 43 students from 28 families displaced by the fires join the district, an overall 12% growth in their population.
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California Gov. Newsom requests nearly $40 billion in wildfire recovery funding in letter to Congress
California Gov. Gavin Newsom requested nearly $40 billion in wildfire recovery aid in a letter to members of Congress on Friday. At least 29 people died as a result of the raging fires in Southern ...
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Eastern U.S. braces for flooding while fire-damaged California city now faces mudslides
In Southern California on Friday ... Dry weather returned to the region but the risk of rock and mudslides on wildfire-scarred hillsides continued Friday since dangerous slides can strike even ...