Which LA Fire Victims Get Money on GoFundMe — and Who Gets Left Out?
GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back.
How fire departments use pre-positioning to get a jump on wildfires
When weather experts predict dangerous wind storms, there’s funding available for fire departments to pre-deploy extra strike teams and equipment to quickly jump on the fires that may be sparked – ...
The New York Times4d
Tens of Thousands Told to Evacuate as New Fire Rages North of L.A.
The danger felt all the more real because of the deadly Eaton and Palisades fires that have been ravaging other parts of the county ... the state fire marshal, Daniel Berlant, said.
LA county wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
The investigation is critical for not only understanding what happened, but for ensuring it never happens again, said an ...
Fire-weary L.A. faces more dangerous winds; officials say they are prepared
Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather ...
Los Angeles Daily News4d
County wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling for a third ... light of the discovery that all 17 confirmed deaths from the Eaton fire occurred in west Altadena neighborhoods that did not receive ...
Sacramento Bee3d
Update: 14,021 acres affected in Los Angeles County by Eaton Fire, still 95% contained
Eaton Fire initially started 6:18 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. Since its discovery 15 days ago, it has burned 14,021 acres. A fire crew of 1,837 has been working on site and, as of Wednesday ...
KCRW3d
Eaton Fire: LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger on text evac orders
A third-party investigation into the Eaton Fire evacuation notification and process was called for on Tuesday, says Kathryn Barger, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors who represents ...
NBC Los Angeles4d
17 deaths reported in area that did not receive alert until hours after Eaton Fire
Los Angeles County supervisors are looking into the emergency alert system after residents in one area of the Eaton Fire were not alerted until several hours after the blaze had started.
Mercury News3d
Crashes and Disasters
Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling for a third ... light of the discovery that all 17 confirmed deaths from the Eaton fire occurred in west Altadena neighborhoods that did not receive ...
kcra.com2d
Hughes Fire: Firefighters slow wildfire that rapidly burned thousands of acres in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County sheriff's officials ... flag warning for critical fire risk through Friday, winds were not as strong as they had been when the Palisades and Eaton fires broke out, allowing ...