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Friday, November 28, 2008
A fully opened St. John cathedral
National |
November 28, 2008
The Cathedral Church of St. Read more
A family becomes collateral damage from the Sylmar wildfire
California | Local |
November 28, 2008
In one bedroom, there is still a stack of hand-written flashcards on the windowsill, where one of the twins left them: Anomalous. Read more
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Water pumps failed in fire, officials say
California | Local |
November 26, 2008
Water officials said Tuesday that pumps designed to push water to the upper reaches of a hillside Yorba Linda neighborhood failed during a Nov. Read more
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Teams bring help and a prayer
California | Local |
November 25, 2008
When they respond to disasters, chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team usually encounter throngs of desperate victims. Read more
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Is climate change to blame for string of Southland fires?
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
Is climate change to blame for the string of destructive fires that have hit Southern California in recent years? Read more
Southland fire victims get plenty of help
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
Lisa Bialac-Jehle was just a few minutes from sleep Friday night when her phone rang. Read more
For a golden-years couple, a silver lining
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
Marion Thornton, 89, and her husband, Austin, 91, are one of the original 15 families who moved into Oakridge Mobile Home Park 29 years ago. Read more
Boy, 16, charged with arson in July fire near Goleta
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
Officials announced the arrest of a 16-year-old boy on arson charges Monday in relation to a Santa Barbara County fire that destroyed 9,544 acres and four outbuildings near Goleta in July. Read more
The small spark of a disaster
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
The Haroutounians set off for their home on Big Horn Mountain Way confident it had survived the firestorm. Read more
Insurers likely to weather firestorm
California | Local |
November 18, 2008
Once again, thousands of Southern Californians reeling from days of destructive wildfires have been forced to exercise the home insurance policies they hoped they would never have to use. Read more
Monday, November 17, 2008
Police warn of another potential peril: looting
California | Local |
November 17, 2008
As news of weekend wildfire evacuations spread in the Southland, thieves took note. Read more
Olinda Village puts up a fight for its homes
California | Local |
November 17, 2008
Helen MacDougal and her daughter started up the road on foot Sunday, as wisps of blue-gray smoke wandered the blackened landscape like errant ghosts. Read more
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Stories of devastation, survival
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
Jack and Jan Milton shared a bench Saturday overlooking the smoldering remains of their three-bedroom home with its million-dollar views in the hilly Sycamore Canyon area of Montecito. Read more
Power failure brings Sylmar hospital to standstill
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
Although flames had chewed through the power lines that serve the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, staff members thought that they would be fine. Read more
Catastrophic fires blaze a path of destruction through Southland
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
In a swiftly moving catastrophe that seemed as familiar as it was shocking, Southern California once again was engulfed in flame Saturday, from Orange County to Santa Barbara, with hundreds of homes consumed by three major wind-driven fires, including one of the most devastating blazes ever to strike the city of Los Angeles. Read more
Sylmar blaze pulls the plug on 115,000
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
More than 115,000 residences and businesses in widely scattered parts of Los Angeles lost power Saturday when the Sylmar fire damaged the main transmission network bringing electricity into the city, water and power officials said. Read more
Once burned, twice as hard to leave
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
This time, Nazia Shah and her family didn’t leave their big house on Longacre Avenue. Read more
Paradise is lost for Oakridge residents
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
“Prepare yourselves for the worst,” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Read more
Chaos erupts from pair of blazes
California | Local |
November 16, 2008
Their neighborhood was deserted. Read more
