In walking tour, L.A. mayor and recovery czar pledge a revived Pacific Palisades
Mayor Karen Bass and chief recovery officer Steve Soboroff said the city would soon hire an outside firm to represent the ...
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Trump White House celebrates release of two Americans freed in a swap with Taliban WASHINGTON (AP) — A prisoner swap between the United States and Afghanistan’s Taliban freed two Americans in exchange ...
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Fire-Ravaged LA Library District Issues Bleak Bondholder Warning
A library district ... destroyed in the Eaton Fire are within its taxing boundaries and that it expects the number of parcels destroyed or damaged will increase as Los Angeles County completes ...
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Hughes Fire in LA County burns 10,000 acres, evacuations lifted but mudslide concerns remain
The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.
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During Wildfires, Los Angeles Libraries Offer Community Lifelines
Amid the fires, library systems are spearheading efforts to help community members and library staffers through fundraising ...
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LA is on edge as new fires ignite — with one already rampaging across more than 10,300 acres
Los Angeles County was bracing itself yet again Thursday after a new fire broke out and spread to more than 10,000 acres. The Hughes Fire started at about 10:50 a.m. local time Wednesday near ...
What Los Angeles Could Learn From Great Fires of the Past
In the era when American cities regularly caught fire, the widespread destruction seeded what looks, in retrospect, like ...
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LA Hughes Fire only 14% contained after burning 10K acres
The Hughes Fire in Los Angeles has now burned over 10,000 acres and remains just 14% contained, fire authorities in the city announced Thursday. The Hughes Fire, which was first reported on ...
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Hughes Fire: Fast-moving brush fire prompts evacuation orders for tens of thousands in LA County
“The situation that we’re in today is very different from the situation we were in 16 days ago,” Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone said Wednesday evening.There were no reported ...
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Hughes Fire rages outside Los Angeles as new wildfire erupts near busy 405 Freeway
Crews raced to contain the massive Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County while another blaze broke out near a busy freeway, impacting travel in the region. Officials with CAL FIRE said the Sepulveda ...
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Here's the latest on LA County's Hughes Fire as 'dangerous' winds continue
LATEST Jan. 23, 8:45 a.m. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County continued to burn Thursday morning, but locals and first responders had some reason for optimism despite ...
USA Today6d
LA County's Hughes wildfire goes from brush blaze to 9,000+-acre conflagration; evacs ordered
A fast-moving blaze that began as a brush fire Wednesday spread across nearly 9,500 acres of bone-dry Los Angeles County, forcing evacuations of neighborhoods, schools and even jails as ...