Oct 19 Crews halt fast-moving brush fire in Oakland that burned homes, forced hundreds of evacuations By Olga R. Rodriguez, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press A fast-moving fire fed by strong winds burned two homes Friday and damaged several others in a hillside neighborhood in the city of Oakland, where hundreds of people were ordered to evacuate before more than 100 firefighters stopped the progress of… Continue reading
Oct 18 California utility shuts off power in 12 counties as ‘diablo’ wind spikes risk of wildfires By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press A total of about 20,000 customers could lose power temporarily in the next couple of days, PG&E said in a statement Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 17 Diablo and Santa Ana winds may whip across California and raise wildfire risk By Associated Press Forecasters have issued red flag warnings for fire danger until Saturday from the central coast through the San Francisco Bay Area and into northern Shasta County, not far from the Oregon border. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:35 News Wrap: Turkish-American woman killed in West Bank buried in her hometown In our news wrap Saturday, a funeral was held in Turkey for the Turkish-American woman killed by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, Israeli airstrikes hammered central and southern Gaza, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war, a… Continue watching
Sep 14 Lahaina wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press The investigation by the Fire Safety Research Institute for the Hawaii attorney general’s office delved into the conditions that fed the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century and the attempts to stop its spread and evacuate the town's… Continue reading
Sep 12 Firefighters hope to take advantage of cooler weather to gain upper hand against Southern California fires By Eugene Garcia, Amy Taxin, Olga R. Rodriguez, Eric Thayer, Associated Press Firefighters battling three major wildfires in the mountains east of Los Angeles are taking advantage of cooler weather as they slowly gain the upper hand against blazes that have destroyed dozens of homes. Continue reading
Sep 11 ‘Hellish’: Trio of wildfires endanger Southern California communities By Eugene Garcia, Thomas Peipert, Associated Press The fires sprung to life during a triple-digit heat wave that finally broke Wednesday. Continue reading
Sep 10 Brazil faces its worst drought as wildfires rage and Amazon River falls to record low By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago. Continue reading
Sep 08 Wildfire burning east of Los Angeles forces evacuations and threatens 35,000 structures By Eugene Garcia, Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press An out-of-control wildfire in the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles threatened ten of thousands of buildings and forced hundreds of residents to flee Sunday amid a days-long heat wave of triple-digit temperatures. Continue reading
Sep 04 California wildfire grows amid worrying heat wave, while South Dakota conditions improve By Jim Salter, Christopher Weber, Associated Press A growing wildfire in Northern California forced hundreds of people to evacuate Wednesday as a heat wave threatened to make fire conditions worse. In the Midwest, a wildfire kept residents of South Dakota’s second-largest city on edge, ready to flee… Continue reading