Smoke from fire at California lithium battery plant raises concerns about air quality
The fire at the Vistra Energy lithium battery plant in Moss Landing generated huge flames and significant amounts of smoke Thursday.
California fire and evacuation maps: See where the Los Angeles fires are burning
TELL US WHAT YOU KIND OF SAW YESTERDAY AND WHAT YOU’RE SEEING NOW THIS MORNING WHEN WE FIRST DESCENDED INTO THE AREA, WE CAME ...
California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
California is years behind in implementing a 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire.
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What is defensible space? The step-by-step guide to protecting your home in a wildfire
The term defensible space has been noted by firefighters as a crucial part of protecting homes and businesses from the LA ...
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California Fast-Tracks Wildfire Recovery, Eases Key Building Regulations Temporarily
After L.A. wildfires scorched 40,000 acres and 12,000 structures, Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended environmental reviews to speed ...
Maps: See how large the California wildfires are
The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 37 square miles. That’s more than half the land size of ...
Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.
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Storing carbon in buildings could help address climate change
Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, ...
Do you live in a fire-risk area? These maps show high-risk zones across the U.S.
Los Angeles and other areas of California are at high risk of wildfires, but they're not alone. So are parts of Texas, ...
Mapping the damage from the Eaton and Palisades fires
We're tracking damage assessments from the Eaton and Palisades fires, which destroyed 12,000 structures in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.