Dec 04 California winds ease but fire danger remains high By Christopher Weber, Associated Press Powerful winds that pushed wildfires through Southern California, burning several homes and injuring two firefighters, began easing but forecasters warned that the fire danger remained Friday. Continue reading
Dec 03 Californians flee as strong winds push fire through canyons By Christopher Weber, Associated Press The blaze in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon began late Wednesday as a house fire that quickly spread to tinder-dry brush. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch 5:20 News Wrap: Mass protests in Poland against restrictive abortion ruling In our news wrap Wednesday, demonstrators in Poland gathered for a seventh straight day over a court ruling that banned abortions of fetuses, even ones with severe abnormalities. The nationwide strike is a rare show of opposition in a country… Continue watching
Oct 27 California braces for more fire danger from winds By Christopher Weber, Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press California prepared for another round of dangerous fire weather Tuesday even as crews fought a pair of fast-moving blazes in the south that critically injured two firefighters and left more than 100,000 under evacuation orders. Continue reading
Oct 26 Power shut off in California as winds, fire danger increase By Associated Press More than 1 million people were expected to be in the dark during what officials have said could be the strongest wind event in California this year. Continue reading
Oct 18 PG&E lacked basic training before California blackouts By Michael Liedtke, Justin Pritchard, Associated Press When Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 5:47 News Wrap: Senate Judiciary Committee schedules Barrett vote In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote in one week on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The panel’s Republican majority set the schedule after a discussion that split along party lines. Also, the president of… Continue watching
Oct 15 Power cut to thousands in California to prevent wildfires By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press Thousands of people in wine country woke up without power amid a fall heat wave that's bringing another round of extreme wildfire danger to large portions of already battered Northern California. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 3:22 News Wrap: NYC schools in coronavirus hot spots to close In our news wrap Monday, some New York City schools will close Tuesday in areas where COVID-19 infections are on the rise. Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an order affecting 100 public and 200 private schools, citing a lack of testing… Continue watching
Oct 04 Record-breaking California wildfires surpass 4 million acres By Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press Deadly wildfires in California have burned more than 4 million acres (6,250 square miles) this year — more than double the previous record for the most land burned in a single year in the state. Continue reading