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The two Los Angeles wildfires that killed 29 people and scorched thousands of acres have been 100% contained at last after 24 days, local firefighters have said. More than 18,000 structures were damaged or destroyed in the deadly Eaton and Palisades blazes, which swept across California last month. The fires were declared fully contained by the California Department of Forestry …

Helicopter pilot Tim Thomas has fought dozens of wildfires all over the world, but nothing prepared him for the scale and the challenge of the devastating blazes that ripped through Los Angeles. “I’ve never seen anything the scale that we saw the first night,” he told AFP. Fires erupted almost simultaneously in two separate neighborhoods during a furious windstorm on …

More than 30,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes north of Los Angeles after a new wildfire broke out in California. The latest blaze – dubbed the Hughes Fire – started late on Wednesday morning near Lake Castaic, around 40 miles from the Eaton and Palisades wildfires that devastated parts of LA earlier this month. Within hours, the …

As he looks at the ruins of his home razed when deadly fires tore through the Los Angeles area, Sebastian Harrison knows it will never be the same again, because he was not insured. “I knew it was risky, but I had no choice,” he told AFP. Harrison is one of tens of thousands of Californians forced in recent years …

In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires. The Afrofuturist’s grave rests in Altadena, which was hit hard amid the recent fires that left thousands of Californians without …

A Dedication to Community Assistance Crypto.com’s commitment to the Los Angeles community is demonstrated by this $1 million gift. Because of its connection with the renowned arena and its association with AEG, the company has strong ties to the city. The donation will directly benefit three key organizations: The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation The California Fire Foundation The Los …

Key Notes Crypto.com announced that it donated $1 million to support firefighters and first responders battling the Los Angeles wildfires. Local sports teams are organizing donation drives to gather supplies for those affected by the fires. Donation bins will be available outside the stadium during Lakers games for fans to contribute essential items. Disney, Google, Amazon, and others have collectively …

AirNow’s fire map includes data from PurpleAir sensors (that’s what the small circles represent), and Watch Duty, a nonprofit app for tracking fires, also displays PurpleAir data. But likely due to different calculations and processing delays, the air quality index reported by the same sensors can vary greatly from map to map. For what’s known as PM2.5 pollution, or tiny …

When the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles went up in smoke, Alexander Swedelson lost his apartment, but also a bit of his identity: the flames ravaged the businesses he loved, the trails he ran, and even the place he fished. “It’s just been the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Man, it’s just like a war …

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been left fuming after actor Justine Bateman accused them of ‘disaster tourism’ amid the California wildfires. The royal couple had joined relief initiatives in Pasadena last week — with photos showing them delivering aid and interacting with victims at a meal distribution site. “It’s offensive to Meghan and Harry that anybody would think …