Think of a community water system as a local coffee shop that usually sells 300 cups a day. A shop like that just couldn't fulfill an unexpected order for 40,000 cups.| Los Angeles Times
Politicians have an agenda when they bring up forestry management or a Jewish space laser. They're trying to change the subject from fossil-fuel-driven climate change.| Los Angeles Times
Authorities released the identity of the three teens killed, and confirmed that the fourth victim, who survived, was a 16-year-old boy.| Sioux Falls Live
Gov. Gavin Newsom is expanding the special legislative session in California from strictly fighting President-elect Trump in court, with a request for lawmakers to spend at least $2.5 billion for wildfire response as fires rage in Los Angeles County.| Los Angeles Times
The eastern spruce budworm is a native insect that munches on balsam fir, leaving some 1,100 square miles of trees defoliated or dead last year, the most in the region since 1961.| Park Rapids Enterprise
A group of Israeli researchers have developed an improved method of predicting wildfires, using AI to create country-specific models.| All Israel News
Mayor Karen Bass and chief recovery officer Steve Soboroff said the city would soon hire an outside firm to represent the city's interests in wildfire relief efforts.| Los Angeles Times
The affluent coastal enclave has remained closed to the public since the devastating January wildfire, months after other fire-damaged neighborhoods reopened.| Los Angeles Times
Less than 48 hours before the planned reopening, the state said it remains "in the dark" regarding the city of Los Angeles' plans for providing security to the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades.| Los Angeles Times
It could rain for many hours each day in the middle of next week as the edge of one of these storms takes a swing into Southern California, forecasters say.| Los Angeles Times
For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked out of a command post near a popular hiking trail, where officials believe the Palisades fire began around 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7.| Los Angeles Times
For the first time since the devastating Palisades fire ignited on Jan. 7, all Pacific Palisades residents can now return to their properties.| Los Angeles Times
Thunderstorms and heavier showers are most likely to occur through Monday afternoon, raising the risk of debris flows and mudslides in burn areas.| Los Angeles Times
After authorities reopened parts of Altadena for the first time since the Eaton fire, residents returned to a grim checkerboard of destroyed homes next to others that were largely spared.| Los Angeles Times
Mayor Karen Bass selected developer and civic leader Steve Soboroff to lead Los Angeles' recovery and rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Palisades fire.| Los Angeles Times
Hundreds of millions of people suffer as wildfire smoke fills cities. New science reveals what is in that smoke, from heavy metals to exotic chemicals – leading to brain damage and early death. Toxic smoke: analysis and interviews with experts in this special …| RADIO ECOSHOCK
Agriculture-related damage from western North Dakota fires include burnt cropland, along with killed or injured livestock and destroyed pastures, stored feedstuffs, farmsteads, and fencing.| Agweek
Wildfires and lack of precipitation could make this year's forage production lower than desired.| Agweek
Minnesota physicians and law enforcement officials are urging people to handle fireworks safely for the holiday weekend. Approximately 14,700 people suffered injuries last year due to fireworks.| West Central Tribune
Trump's pledge to pump more water in California came after a reduction in pumping at a federal facility due to maintenance. Federal data show pumping has since resumed at normal levels.| Los Angeles Times
We're tracking damage assessments from the Eaton and Palisades fires, which destroyed 12,000 structures in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.| Los Angeles Times
Southern California's heat wave will peak Thursday, bringing triple-digit temperatures to L.A. County. Hotter than normal weather will continue well into next week.| Los Angeles Times
The Canyon fire along the Ventura-Los Angeles county line quickly grew to over 1,000 acres Thursday afternoon, triggering evacuations in and around Piru and Castaic.| Los Angeles Times
L.A. City Council members have called on the Department of Water and Power to examine why fire hydrants lost water pressure in last week's epic firefight, and why a reservoir was offline.| Los Angeles Times
The fires in L.A. have caused terrible air quality conditions across the county. Here are ways you can protect yourself, and your children, from the health impacts of wildfire smoke.| Los Angeles Times
The L.A. Department of Water and Power says the Santa Ynez Reservoir, which was empty at the time of the Palisades fire, is now back online after lengthy repairs to its floating cover.| Los Angeles Times
Could balloon-like water tanks help California prepare for fires? Some call an energy company’s “Water Trees” a game-changing solution to store water where needed to fight fires.| Los Angeles Times
Gov. Gavin Newsom orders independent investigation into how the loss of water pressure left fire hydrants dry, hindering firefighting efforts in Los Angeles.| Los Angeles Times
As federal and state lawmakers call for soil testing after the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, the Newsom administration keeps downplaying contamination concerns.| Los Angeles Times
Here are the landfills that could take toxic waste from the L.A. wildfires in the coming weeks — many have not accepted hazardous materials in the past.| Los Angeles Times
What’s happening? Numerous forest and peatland fires are raging across Sumatra and Sarawak, with heavy smoke drifting into Malaysia and Singapore. Many of these fires are linked to land cleared for monoculture plantations such as oil palm and timber, but they are also affecting other vulnerable areas – including natural forests, peatlands, and even abandoned... The post Borneo Fires and Haze: Latest first appeared on The Borneo Project.| The Borneo Project
The show, which will take place at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Inglewood, counts Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo and Green Day among the many headliners.| Los Angeles Times
In a cruel coincidence, the Palisades and Eaton fires wiped out two neighborhoods with unique significance in L.A.’s music industry.| Los Angeles Times
Breaking new science on deadly heat wave in Europe and flash floods in America. Confirmed: it is climate change. Alex reports, clip of Grantham UK scientists. UCLA expert on extreme rains and flash floods – Jesse Norris from 2022. Journalist Ross Gelbspan warned us all about fossil fuel takeover and media complicity – in 2006!| RADIO ECOSHOCK
Seattle — At 1:20 a.m., the Seattle Fire Department’s Fire Alarm Center received 911 calls reporting a fire involving a detached shed in the backyard of a residence in the 900 block of 20th Ave. of the Central District. The first units on scene reported smoke and flames coming from the shed, then extending to […]| Fire Line
Police have issued an update on the situation in Cyprus| Birmingham Live
Three offenders allegedly gained entry to a premises on the Green Lane Industrial Estate around midnight on Tuesday| Chronicle Live
The Los Angeles County wildfires unleashed all kinds of contaminants once locked away in paints, plastics and elsewhere. Among the most concerning is lead, so, like hundreds of Angelenos, a reporter who covered the fires got his blood tested.| Los Angeles Times
While residents in the Palisades and Eaton fire areas can use tap water for some limited purposes, the detection of a carcinogen in the systems can pose some risks.| Los Angeles Times
LADWP launched a dashboard so Pacific Palisades customers could track its progress on flushing fire-caused contaminants out of the water distribution system.| Los Angeles Times
The January firestorms damaged water systems in large areas of Altadena and Pacific Palisades. In a new report, UCLA researchers examine the toll on 11 community water systems.| Los Angeles Times
Assessing the January fires' environmental toll is tough on land. It's even harder in the sea.| Los Angeles Times
The team of scientists found only one water sample with benzene, suggesting that the water is generally safe to drink across Altadena and the Pacific Palisades.| Los Angeles Times
Vehicle locator data obtained by The Times show that most L.A. County fire trucks didn’t shift into west Altadena until long after fire ravaged the area. How much of the town could have been saved, residents wonder?| Los Angeles Times
The death toll from the Eaton fire increased to 18 on Wednesday after investigators with the L.A. County Medical Examiner’s Office discovered human remains in Altadena.| Los Angeles Times
On an Altadena block on the edge of the burn zone, people are living in RVs next to their surviving homes. They straddle the Eaton fire zone and normalcy.| Los Angeles Times
County fire or sheriff’s officials appear to have failed to set the alerts in motion, leaving many west Altadena residents to flee as flames and embers closed in.| Los Angeles Times
With the Eaton fire bearing down on a Altadena home, a brother and sister had to decide what to do. One left the scene. The other stayed behind. What happened next was a family tragedy.| Los Angeles Times
Briana Navarro confirmed the death of her 83-year-old grandmother, Erliene Kelley, whose fate was not known for days.| Los Angeles Times
La Palma's volcanic chaos mirrors real-life disasters, revealing our dangerous amnesia. As nature unleashes its fury, we swiftly forget the fragility of our existence—until we can't.| Content Matters
Not every flammable plant must go, but we should carefully consider how we replant in burned areas.| Los Angeles Times
In 2020-2021, 1 in 5 elders of the planet's superlative plant, a supremely fire-resistant species, went up in flames.| Los Angeles Times
Between 1996 and 2020, wildfire burn areas in California grew five times larger than in the 25 years prior. Scientists say climate change is to blame.| Los Angeles Times
For the second time this month, a fire in the SRO above Aura nightclub has caused significant damage to the club below.| vancouversun
Between 2019 and 2023, six fires were reported at just one of the 62 metal and auto recyclers in San Antonio.| San Antonio Report
Current law encourages many fire victims to hold their now-empty lots until death to avoid a huge tax bill. That's a disaster for the community and the tax base.| Los Angeles Times
Solon Springs Fire Chief Jonathon Brostowitz said communication and rapid response saved both structures.| Superior Telegram
Disaster relief in North Dakota is related to wildfire and storm damage that occurred last year.| Sioux Falls Live
About 60 firefighters from Brainerd, Little Falls, Deerwood, Pequot Lakes and Nisswa responded to a downtown Brainerd building fire around 11 a.m. Wednesday on the 600 block of Front Street.| Brainerd Dispatch
California's wildfires are causing long-term environmental and economic damage that we have yet to grapple with. They should be treated as a collective challenge.| Los Angeles Times
In a bipartisan vote, the California Legislature approved $2.5 billion in wildfire aid for Los Angeles County during Thursday's special session at the Capitol.| Los Angeles Times
Crime and fire report: Kids throwing rocks in Ponsford hit person in head, Detroit Lakes resident followed home by people demanding apology for hitting car and more from call logs May 29-June 4.| Detroit Lakes Tribune
The fires will have a deep and lasting impact on construction, entertainment, retail and other sectors of the Los Angeles economy while creating a construction boom.| Los Angeles Times
The chattering among the city’s political class about potential competitors has grown louder. But it's still unclear whether anyone will mount a serious challenge to an incumbent who still wields considerable clout.| Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that checkpoints into the Palisades fire zone will remain in place indefinitely, with Gov. Gavin Newsom offering additional resources to ensure the area "remains secure while freeing up LAPD to focus on the public safety needs of the entire city.”| Los Angeles Times
Pacific Coast Highway and the Pacific Palisades neighborhood are reopening to the public this weekend despite concerns from some local residents and officials who fear it’s too soon to allow wide access to the fire-damaged area.| Los Angeles Times
It remains unclear how much the city and its mayor will ultimately be to blame for the explosive horror of the Palisades fire.| Los Angeles Times
Farmers don't have to go far to see and feel the effects of smoke in the atmosphere — but what this year's crops will experience is a more complicated matter.| Grainews
Sota Properties was destroyed by a fire in April. Owner Darin Trites discussed his business plan and the future of the downtown site.| Perham Focus
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, the Underwood and Battle Lake fire departments and Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office were called to a structure fire on Leon Lake.| Perham Focus
When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's operations chief explains the decisions as the fire spread.| Los Angeles Times
A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance.| Los Angeles Times
Historic landmarks by the likes of Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey and a noted Midcentury retreat by architect Ray Kappe have been lost. Here's our residential architecture list, to be updated regularly.| Los Angeles Times
The city said the cause of the fire has not yet been determined but is considered suspicious. An investigation, led by the RCMP working with other responding agencies, is underway.| Global News
Mikael Wood and August Brown were at Inglewood's Intuit Dome and Kia Forum for the FireAid benefit concerts starring Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Green Day and Stevie Wonder, among many others.| Los Angeles Times
Water utilities in Altadena and Pacific Palisades are undertaking an arduous process of repressurizing their underground pipelines, testing for contaminants and attempting to flush them out.| Los Angeles Times
Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.| Los Angeles Times
Long before the evacuation order came, law enforcement officers knew the Eaton fire was spreading in west Altadena, dozens of 911 call logs reveal.| Los Angeles Times
This drought is the worst in four decades and is contributing to an alarming number of fires this year raging across multiple regions throughout the Amazon and posing a threat to Indigenous and local communities and some of the world’s most vital ecosystems.| Rainforest Foundation US
Investigation underway, South Dakota Attorney General’s Office says| Sioux Falls Live
A Times analysis shows that half the homes destroyed in Pacific Palisades and Altadena were rentals, raising questions about the future of affordable housing in the communities.| Los Angeles Times
Newsom energy package sparks tug of war in final hours of California legislative session.| Los Angeles Times
As wildfires continue in Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss from the blazes have ballooned to more than $250 billion, making it one of the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history.| Los Angeles Times
If elected, former President Trump would have the authority to make good on his threat to cut off federal aid to California for wildfires.| Los Angeles Times
As air temperatures get hotter with climate change, urban fires will get more common, with New Zealand seeing over 40% more city fires by 2100 with unmitigated warming of over 4°C, according to new overseas research. Researchers studied fires and monthly maximum air temperatures from over 2800 citi| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman met face-to-face with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday and received unwavering commitment for hosting the Games in L.A. in 2028.| Los Angeles Times
Widespread damage from wildfires has prompted calls for L.A. to drop its plans to host the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics over the next three years.| Los Angeles Times
The politicians' private texts highlight an increasingly fractious relationship between two of the most powerful women in Los Angeles.| Los Angeles Times
Dangerous widespread winds threaten Southern California's dry landscape this week, with wildfire and power outage concerns.| Los Angeles Times
Stearns County sheriff's deputies responded to a shed fire Sunday afternoon in the city of South Haven. According to a news release, it is believed the fire originated from a wood burning stove inside.| West Central Tribune
The Wadena Police Department said area crews began battling the fire late Sunday night.| West Central Tribune
Eden Valley and Watkins Fire departments responded to a report of a tractor catching fire at a farm site in Eden Valley. Two other tractors parked nearby were also damaged, but no one was injured.| West Central Tribune
Trump's order is premised on the idea that increasing Delta pumping would make more water available for the rest of California. But experts say its more complicated than that.| Los Angeles Times
In late January 2024, after a series of rainstorms, a DWP property manager spotted a tear in the reservoir’s floating cover, according to internal emails reviewed by The Times.| Los Angeles Times
A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper, taking it out of service.| Los Angeles Times
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As firefighters continue to battle multiple major wildfires, The Times has compiled a list of resources to help.| Los Angeles Times
Research shows rapid shifts between wet and dry extremes are increasing. Scientists say this 'hydroclimate whiplash' contributed to California's devastating fires.| Los Angeles Times
The worst of the first significant rainstorm of the season for Southern California is expected to hit Sunday morning. Here is what you need to know.| Los Angeles Times
'Mom, are we going to have to run?' Here's how the first 24 hours of our unprecedented conflagration unfolded across L.A. County| Los Angeles Times