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• Detectives still far from arrest in Station fire arson

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  Nearly three months after the Station wildfire turned into the biggest blaze in L.A. County history, killing two firefighters, investigators say they don’t have the necessary evidence to arrest anyone for the arson. Sheriff’s homicide detectives have questioned a man charged with setting a smaller blaze less ...
  2 days ago

• Crews have nearly contained San Juan Capistrano wildfire

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  Fire crews had nearly completely encircled a wildfire burning east of San Juan Capistrano this afternoon as temperatures began to cool slightly across Southern California. The blaze is 95% contained, with full containment expected Wednesday, fire officials said. The fire had burned 145 acres of heavy brush in rugged ...
  5 days ago

• Cooler weather expected to aid firefighters battling blaze near San Juan Capistrano

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  Cooler weather is expected to help firefighters gain control of a wildfire east of Sam Juan Capistrano that burned at least 250 acres. Firefighters will set backfires this morning and try to mop up the fire off Ortega Highway, which is 75% contained. Its not clear when full containment will occur. On Monday, about ...
  5 days ago

• Full containment expected tomorrow on San Juan Capistrano wildfire

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  A wildfire burning east of San Juan Capistrano had grown to 250 acres this evening, but fire crews were taking advantage of cooler weather and expected full containment Tuesday morning, authorities said. About 300 firefighters, aided by four bulldozers, are cutting fire breaks around the perimeter of the blaze, ...
  6 days ago

• San Juan Capistrano fire burns 20 acres; 2 firefighters hurt

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  A brush fire has burned 20 acres east of San Juan Capistrano and resulted in two minor injuries to Orange County firefighters. Authorities have sent water-dropping helicopters and fire engines to the 32502 block of Ortega Highway, where the fire was burning in Verdugo Canyon. It did not appear that any homes ...
  6 days ago

• New brush fire burning near San Juan Capistrano [Updated]

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  The Orange County Fire Authority is battling a brush fire along Ortega Highway near San Juan Capistrano. Authorities have sent water-dropping helicopters and fire engines to the 32502 block of Ortega Highway, where the fire was burning up some canyons. It did not appear that any homes were immediately threatened, ...
  6 days ago

• L.A. firefighters battling blaze in Sepulveda Pass [Updated]

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  The Los Angeles Fire Department was battling a small brush fire in the Sepulveda Pass this morning. The fire was reported after 10:30 a.m. near the 405 Freeway and Skirball Center Drive. According to the LAFD, the fire was about half an acre in size but growing. The fire was not threatening homes, and the 405 ...
  6 days ago

• Firm brings nonburning wood to O.C. homes

  
  Jan Norman on Small Business — Authority: 520
  The wildfires of November 2008 that forced  Gary Chopic to evacuate his Yorba Linda home were the catalyst for starting a new business: TimberSIL Wood California in Placentia. It is the only distributor west of Texas for wood infused with sodium silicate (glass) that is resistant to fire, rot and insects. ...
  1 week ago

• Firefighters present family with tribute badge destroyed in a wildfire

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  The granddaughters of a firefighter killed in the line of duty more than 70 years ago were presented with a tribute badge today to replace the original that was salvaged from the ruins of the devastating 2008 Sayre Fire in Sylmar. Firefighter George Damron died while responding to a call in Boyle Heights in 1935. ...
  1 week ago

• Running to save our Earth

  
  ePluribus Media — Authority: 441
    In a diary back in February, FishOutofWater wrote of the beginning of what would come to be known in Australia as the Black Saturday Bushfires. Australia Fires Kill 128 Twenty-five people are confirmed to have died in fires north of Melbourne and this morning there are unconfirmed reports of bodies being ...
  1 week ago

• Fire weather forecast for Los Angeles and Ventura counties

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  The National Weather Service has issued an urgent fire weather watch for the end of this weekend, saying that low humidity and wind gusts of up to 45 mph will pose a risk of wildfires from 9 a.m. Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday. The alert covers portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. On Sunday, gusty northeast ...
  1 week ago

• Fire weather watched issued for O.C.

  
  Sciencedude — Authority: 128
  The National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for drought-plagued Orange County, effective Sunday morning, due to the expected combination of dry Santa Ana winds and low relative humidity. Forecasters say, “Northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph, with gusts to 40 mph, will develop below the Cajon Pass and in ...
  1 week ago

• Hillside residents fear threat of more mudslides

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  Gary and Diane Stibal spent $35,000 on measures to protect their La Cañada Flintridge home from mudslides. That included installing a chain-link fence, erecting walls of sandbags and building a large concrete gutter into a hillside that sits against their backyard. But it took just 30 minutes late Thursday night for ...
  1 week ago

• U.S. Forest Service report: Station fire terrain too steep to fight safely

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  A U.S. Forest Service review has concluded that the Station fire in the San Gabriel Mountains raged out of control because it spread to terrain too steep for firefighters to safely confront the flames and not because of delays in ordering water-dropping aircraft and more crews. The agency launched the inquiry after ...
  1 week ago

• Mudslide damages six homes, closes road in La Canada Flintridge

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  Residents and officials are assessing the damage after a burn area above La Cañada Flintridge gave way, sending waves of mud through a foothill neighborhood, damaging six homes and nearly covering some cars. Rock Castle Drive remained closed this morning as public works crews cleaned up the area and firefighters ...
  1 week ago

• Orange County unveils ambitious brush-fire warning system, a year after devastating blaze

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
    Orange County today will unveil an ambitious fire warning system designed to better alert residents to the danger of brush fires. The new program, called OC Fire Watch, comes a year after the massive Freeway Complex fire swept through Yorba Linda and Anaheim Hills, damaging or destroying more than 300 homes. ...
  1 week ago

• Brush fire breaks out in Soledad Canyon [Updated]

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  Firefighters are battling a three- to five-acre wildfire in Soledad Canyon that is burning brush but not threatening structures. The blaze broke out about 3:15 p.m, prompting a response by county firefighters and the U.S. Forest Service, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. [ Updated at 4:25 p.m .: The ...
  1 week ago

• Red flags to fly during high fire danger in Orange County

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 565
  Freeway Complex Fire Picture, Courtesy of the OC Fire AuthorityNovember 11, 2009For Immediate ReleaseRED FLAGS TO FLY DURING HIGH FIRE DANGER IN ORANGE COUNTY – PRESS CONFERENCE ON NEW OC FIRE WATCH PROGRAMCONTACT:Marisa O’Neil, OC Parks PIO at (714) 310‐5478 or marisa.oneil@ocparks.comLynnette Round, OCFA ...
  1 week ago

• County to Launch New OC Fire Watch Program on Anniversary of Freeway Complex Fire

  
  Orange Juice — Authority: 565
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENov. 10, 2009Contacts:Marisa O’Neil at (714) 310‐5478 or marisa.oneil@ocparks.comLynnette Round at (714) 290‐7772 or lynnetteround@ocfa.orgSergio Prince at (949) 933‐0595 or sergio.prince@ocgov.comCounty to Launch New OC Fire Watch Program on Anniversary of Freeway Complex Fire(Irvine, CA) ...
  1 week ago

• State recovers $27 million for victims of 2007 San Diego County wildfire [Updated]

  
  L.A. NOW — Authority: 822
  California regulators have recovered more than $27 million from insurance companies stemming from several hundred complaints filed by victims after a devastating 2007 wildfire in San Diego County, officials said today. The California Department of Insurance said that consumers had filed 391 complaints alleging ...
  1 week ago

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