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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

All he is saying is give brush a chance

California | Local | By Joe Mozingo | November 26, 2008
Rick Halsey is in search of senile shrubs. Read more
 

Monday, November 24, 2008

Private fire crews gaining ground in the field

California | Local | By Catherine Saillant and Jai-Rui Chong | November 24, 2008
The palm trees towering over Peter Jacobson’s Montecito estate are charred black, but the retired developer’s luxurious Italian villa-style home survived the devastating Tea fire mostly intact. Read more
 

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Mobile home safety standards debated

California | Local | By Dan Weikel | November 23, 2008
The firestorm that destroyed most of Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar has prompted investigations into whether tougher standards are needed to protect residents of manufactured housing in fire-prone areas. Read more
 

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The small spark of a disaster

California | Local | By Joe Mozingo and Tony Barboza, Tami Abdollah | November 18, 2008
The Haroutounians set off for their home on Big Horn Mountain Way confident it had survived the firestorm. Read more
 

Monday, November 17, 2008

Gov. calls for review of standards

California | Local | By Ari B. Bloomekatz and Rong-Gong Lin II | November 17, 2008
Gov. Read more
 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Sierra fires have become larger and more damaging in the last 20 years

California | Local | By Bettina Boxall | October 29, 2008
Forest fires in the Sierra Nevada have grown larger, more frequent and more damaging in the last two decades, according to a study that suggests much of the blame rests with the government’s century-long war on wildfire. Read more
 

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Trend toward fire sprinklers accelerates

Business | By Lew Sichelman | October 19, 2008
Six people were in the St. Read more
 

Friday, March 14, 2008

Fire alarm lapses decried

California | Local | March 14, 2008
Broken fire alarms at nearly a dozen buildings at Santa Ana College went unrepaired for more than two years because of miscommunication and a can’t-someone-else-do-it mentality, and because officials did not declare an emergency to fix the antiquated system, an investigation by a law firm found. Read more
 

Sunday, March 2, 2008

The hills are green, but all’s not well

California | Local | March 2, 2008
Recent downpours have turned Orange County foothills charred by October’s ferocious Santiago fire a vivid emerald green. Read more
 

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Girding homes against wildfire

Real Estate | February 17, 2008
New state building code regulations aimed at protecting homes in wildfires are expected to result in a modest increase in construction costs. Read more
 

Saturday, January 26, 2008

More aid to fight wildfires is urged

California | Local | January 26, 2008
Three months after massive brush fires burned hundreds of homes across Southern California, a blue-ribbon task force on Friday made dozens of recommendations aimed at improving the response to large-scale blazes. Read more
 

Monday, December 24, 2007

High wind prompts warning of fire risk

California | Local | By Karen Kaplan | December 24, 2007
Strong north to northeast winds in Los Angeles and Ventura counties prompted a fire warning Sunday from the National Weather Service. Read more
 

Sunday, December 23, 2007

No fuel, no embers mean no damage

California | Local | By Joe Mozingo and Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Ted Rohrlich | December 23, 2007
How is it that some homes and even whole communities in the path of this year’s most destructive wildfire remained islands of green? Read more
 

Fiery home invaders

California | Local | By Rong-Gong Lin II and Joe Mozingo, Ted Rohrlich | December 23, 2007
Before dawn on Oct. Read more
 

Friday, December 21, 2007

California in Brief / ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - Rain brings end to ban on campfires

California | Local | By Molly Hennessy-Fiske | December 21, 2007
A five-month ban on campfires was lifted Thursday because of recent rains and cooler temperatures, forestry officials said. Read more
 

Monday, December 17, 2007

For recycler, trash hills are a rotten problem

California | Local | By Louis Sahagun | December 17, 2007
A recycler is under investigation by state, county and city agencies that are pressing the firm to clean up more than 15,000 tons of shredded paper, plastic products and other discards now moldering at sites in Long Beach and Riverside County. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Fire chief warns of limits to resources

California | Local | By Tony Perry | December 11, 2007
When the next major brush fire strikes San Diego County, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department may not be able to send firefighters to help surrounding communities, the city’s fire chief warned a congressional subcommittee Monday. Read more
 

Monday, December 3, 2007

California in Brief / LOS ANGELES - Fire watch issued for mountain areas

California | Local | By Evelyn Larrubia | December 3, 2007
It will be hot and windy again Tuesday, prime conditions for wildfires, according to the National Weather Service. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

San Diego is told it must boost fire spending

California | Local | By Tony Perry | November 28, 2007
U.S. Sen. Read more
 

More wind, more danger

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein and Hector Becerra | November 28, 2007
A new blast of Santa Ana winds is expected to bring gusts as strong as 50 mph – and renewed fire danger – to canyons and mountain areas across Southern California beginning this morning. Read more
 
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