How AI, Tech, And Policy Can Stop The Wildfire Crisis
Wildfires are growing deadlier, but AI, satellites, and tech innovations are revolutionizing early detection, suppression, ...
Time27d
How the Los Angeles Fires Compare to Historic Wildfires
Thousands of personnel—firefighters, first responders, and the National Guard—have turned their attention towards stifling the catastrophic Los Angeles ... The 2020 August Complex Fire in ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat16d
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 ... fires in California history have largely damaged or destroyed homes within the WUI, including the two largest fires in Los Angeles County ...
The Desert Sun26d
Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
Residents in the Los Angeles County community ... said in a 2020 report that electric utility-related ignitions are "responsible for a disproportionate share of wildfire-related consequences." ...
Fox News29d
New wildfires erupt in California as flames continue to rage across Los Angeles
The bill to fight the wildfires that have destroyed homes and displaced thousands of people in Los Angeles County could be the ... the numbers for the entire 2020 wildfire season.
ABC News29d
The Los Angeles wildfires are already among the worst ever
and the cause of the current fires is still under investigation — Los Angeles County has received virtually no rain since the summer, which was its hottest in 130 years. That has kept local ...
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Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
It continuously brings enough live current from Oregon's hydroelectric facilities and central and northern California to ...
What Los Angeles can do to make its homes safer from wildfires as it rebuilds
Experts in fire mitigation and climate science said LA should use the fires as an opportunity to design more resilient communities.
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Los Angeles fires burn largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area ... CalFire.The Woolsey Fire eventually grew to about twice the current size of the Eaton and Palisades fires but most ...
USA Today29d
LA fire crews make progress but dangers remain; EPA hazmat teams to start cleaning debris
− Firefighters were battling two monstrous wildfires Wednesday as weary residents across Los Angeles County stayed alert ... expected to remain "within its current footprint," Cal Fire said.
USA Today28d
New wildfire concerns in Los Angeles: Strong winds could return next week.
She asked residents to provide first responders with a "fighting chance" to save homes if the fires spread. Mudslides also are a concern. Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella ...
NPR29d
What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough
Los Angeles County already ... So in 2020, state lawmakers passed a bill to create an "ember-resistant zone" within five feet of a house, which is known as "Zone 0." State fire officials are ...