Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
The Hughes Fire near Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was 24% contained on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.
Atmospheric river slams into L.A. County, bringing mudslides and flooding, and trapping cars
Just a month after fierce Santa Ana winds propelled a firestorm across Los Angeles County, residents faced another extreme ...
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Fire officials defend pre-deployment of firefighters before catastrophic LA County fires
LOS ANGELES (KABC ... Tuesday morning, the L.A. County Fire Department positioned one strike team at Fire Station 89 in Agoura Hills, which ended up being just miles northwest of what would ...
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Hughes Fire forces partial evacuation of 5,000+ person Los Angeles jail
A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities ... "We demand that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the sheriff's department take swift action to protect the lives of the ...
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Sheriff’s Dept. temporarily closes Altadena station amid contaminant concerns, OSHA complaint
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department temporarily shut down the Altadena sheriff’s station Thursday in the aftermath of the Eaton fire. A day earlier, sheriff’s officials sent an ...
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Los Angeles County Deputies Evacuating Altadena Residents Wondered about Their Station
Sandoval spotted a line of text about a fire in Eaton Canyon, two miles east of the historic sheriff's station in the middle of downtown Altadena. In the 26 years she'd spent working for the Los ...
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Altadena sheriff’s station reopens after smoke contaminants prompted closure
the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday the facility is once again fully operational. The station narrowly escaped the flames of the Eaton fire, which on the morning of Jan. 8 ...
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Some Major California Fire Departments Are Understaffed
In Oakland, City Councilman Zac Unger is pushing back on proposals to close fire stations to save ... also are understaffed. The Los Angeles County Fire Department has a firefighter staffing ...
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Los Angeles Fire Chief's Actions Draw Praise, Criticism
Crowley got her start at the city's storied Station 11, one of the busiest ... argument to maintain the status quo." Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone has been spared ...
Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
As a principal engineer for the county’s Public Works Department, Klippel’s job is to try to stop catastrophic flows of mud, ...
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What Really Happened With the L.A. Fire Department Budgets?
Though an untold number of firefighters were injured, Los Angeles County Fire Department Fire Chief Anthony ... yet has been denied a much-needed second fire station for more than 20 years.
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Los Angeles Wildfires: Deputies Urged to Decontaminate over Toxic Air
Sent at 4:35 p.m., the message began "Attn all personnel" and said that the Los Angeles County Fire Department's hazmat ... nearby Crescenta Valley sheriff's station, deputies from Altadena ...