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State data shows the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention carried out only one brush clearance operation in ...
We knew that there was brush that needed to be cleared 20 years ago,” Rick Caruso, the developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, told The Times. “This fire could have been mitigated ...
Following a series of fires that have broken out in the hillsides over the last year, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Wednesday that increases requirements for brush … ...
The hills above Los Angeles are covered with dense, dark green brush, a unique plant community known as chaparral. In the wake of the extreme wildfires that destroyed more than 12,000 homes and ...
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The U.S. Forest Service has increased the mandatory brush clearance requirement for homes and structures inside national forests. The change comes at the request of Los ...
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Starting this week, Los Angeles County firefighters are checking on 39,000 properties to make sure land owners have cut back brush away from buildings. All brush must be ...
Los Angeles County firefighters will begin brush clearance inspections on more than 39,000 residential properties in wildland areas of the county beginning May 1, it was announced today.
The L.A. Fire Commission produced a 12-page color brochure covering the brush clearance rules and sent it out to everyone. It announces a deadline of April 15 instead of the historical May 1 as ...
Less than two weeks before the Springs Fire ignited alongside the 101 Freeway, crews had done brush clearance in the area, according to CalTrans. Investigators determined that the fire began in ...
We knew that there was brush that needed to be cleared 20 years ago," Rick Caruso, the developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, told The Times. "This fire could have been mitigated ...