President Donald Trump said Monday that he ordered the U.S. military to divert water from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California as part of his presidential action of “Putting People over
Multnomah County firefighters returning home from California are set to share their experiences battling the deadly wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area.
After undergoing a safety check, the post continued, the strike teams each arrived in Southern California on Jan. 9 and began 24-hour shifts fighting the wildfires a day later. Oregon-based media ...
Oregon's strike teams are returning home after assisting with Southern California wildfires, with 17 out of 21 teams set to leave. The largest deployment in state history aided in wildfire containment efforts.
Crews from neighboring states are helping California fight the Los Angeles area fires, and officials say regulations are not holding them up.
A man in custody at Warner Creek Correctional Facility disappeared on Monday after walking away from a prison work crew in southern Oregon and was later captured in California. Oregon prison authorities said 39-year-old Donald Jones deserted a crew at Pacific Pine Wood Mill in Lakeview around 7:30 a.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Most of Oregon’s wildfire strike teams are heading back home after spending two weeks fighting the devastating fires in Southern California. Seventeen of the 21 strike ...
LOS ANGELES — Rain on the way to parched Southern California on Saturday will aid firefighters mopping up multiple wildfires. But heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring the threat of new troubles like toxic ash runoff.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. (KPTV) - Firefighters from Oregon helped battle a new fire in southern California on Tuesday. The “Lilac Fire” started early Tuesday morning near the Bonsall area in ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Oregon firefighters who journeyed to Los Angeles to assist with the response to the devastating wildfires that began earlier in January are headed home after a two-week deployment.
Oregon couple who posed as firefighters during L.A. wildfires charged, face potential jail time According to Portland Fire and Rescue, the Multnomah County OSFM Engine Strike Team 12 – who fought the Palisades Fire in Southern California – is one of 21 ...
Two Oregon strike teams were assigned overnight to a new fire in Southern California. Strike Team 17 (Linn County) and Strike Team 18 (Clackamas County), both made up of water tenders, are working alongside California resources on the Lilac Fire near Bonsall in San Diego County.