Cal Fire rolls out new fire hazard maps for Central California. Up next: L.A.
Cal Fire added over 1.2 million acres in Central California to its fire hazard severity zones. New maps for Southern ...
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Cal Fire releases new hazard maps for the Bay Area and wine country
The new maps include Oakland and Santa Rosa, scenes of deadly fires, along with Northern California’s wine country. New fire hazard maps for the entire state will be released by March 24 ...
Can fire-gutted suburbs rebuild safer? Here’s what the experts say
Though no community can be made fireproof, discarding past urban design practices could make areas abutting wilderness safer ...
L.A. County had a new emergency alert system. Did that hurt west Altadena?
The quick turnaround raises questions about how much time county officials allotted to debug the software and train employees.
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Before-after fire storm images: Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods where some homes remain
The Eaton and Palisades fires brought unprecedented death and destruction to Los Angeles ... fire began, many homes were left standing. Pools have turned from blue to black. Experts told The Times ...
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LA Times Today: Cal Fire’s predictions didn’t foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it’s changing its fire-hazard maps
yet 17 people died and more than 9,000 structures were destroyed in that fire. Now those maps have been redrawn. L.A. Times reporter Noah Haggerty has been covering this story.
Edison towers in the Altadena fire zone had known ‘ignition risk’ and needed repairs, records show
Southern California Edison knew for years that its transmission towers around Eaton Canyon posed a risk of sparking a fire, ...