A massive California Air National Guard tanker dives into a Pacific Palisades canyon full of smoke, as the ground below rushes up and fills the windshield. Sirens blare in the …
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Best car for fire evacuation? Some buyers favor hybrids over EVs.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesYou’ve plugged your electric vehicle into your home charger and hit the sack. Overnight, high winds topple a power line. Your charger blacks out. Then, a report of a fire, …
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California’s long cycle of fiery destruction and reconstruction
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFor the first time in memory, everyone around here either knows someone or is someone who has lost a home or been dislocated by the fires that have scarred so …
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Long stretch of Laguna Beach closed after 465,000-gallon sewage spill
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe coastal waters off Laguna Beach between Treasure Island and Table Rock at Aliso Beach have been closed due to a sewage spill, Orange County health authorities confirmed Tuesday evening. …
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L.A. City Council seeks transparency on empty reservoir, dry hydrants
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Los Angeles City Council member representing the Westside, including much of the area decimated by the Palisades fire, called on the city’s water utility Tuesday to explain why firefighters …
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Los Angeles is a climate disaster. The fires will change nothing
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLos Angeles is burning. Fossil fuel companies laid the kindling. Soon the world will stop caring. I’m sorry for sounding callous, but it’s true. You’ve probably seen the headlines, the …
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Palisades fire threatens last population of steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRain might bring relief from wildfires searing Los Angeles County but could spell disaster for the only known population of Southern California steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains. The …
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Newsom proposes $2.5 billion for wildfire response as L.A. burns
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom asked legislative leaders Monday to approve at least $2.5 billion in response to the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles County — a move that expands …
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Column: Recovery will be tempered by hard decisions and, if we aren’t careful, inequality
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAs firefighters slowly start to control the flames that have decimated too many of the hills and valleys that surround Los Angeles, talk of recovery is already underway. For those …
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Could better brush clearance have helped slow the Palisades fire?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe allegations flew as fast as the flames. The Palisades fire raging through the coastal mountains of Los Angeles, rich and powerful critics said, wouldn’t have been quite so devastating …