Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on March 16
A new wildfire was reported today at 8:30 p.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land.
Breaking: New wildfire reported in Riverside County on March 16
A new wildfire was reported today at 6:40 a.m. in Riverside County. The wildfire has been burning on federal land managed by ...
Wildfires Are One of Hurricane Helene’s Lasting Legacies
A number of fires broke out in the Southeastern US last week. Hurricane-downed trees may have helped fuel the flames, experts ...
Federal firefighters secure permanent pay raises in spending bill
Federal wildland firefighters secured a permanent pay raise Friday after years of waiting for Congress to answer their plea.
FOX Weather2d
California sees tornado, mudslides and feet of snow as atmospheric river slams West
A powerful atmospheric river storm is pounding parts of California with torrential rain, strong winds and snow and leading to ...
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CA Inmate Firefighters to Get Pay Hike if Bill Passes
More than 1,100 inmates in the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — a group that has historically made up 30% of the California wildfire force — helped battle the Palisades and Eaton ...
Utah strike forces deployed to Texas as critical wildfire conditions intensify
A dozen Utah firefighters are deploying to West Texas to battle wildfires as critical fire conditions intensify in the region ...
California lawmakers may give inmate firefighters a raise
Inmate firefighters housed in California's county jails and state prisons would earn an hourly wage of up to $19 under ...
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LADWP Board of Commissioners postpones vote on private security for CEO
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is seeking private security for Janisse Quiñones, the CEO and chief engineer of the department ...
CT high-security prison incarcerates 547. Why correction officers are talking to some, one at a time
A Connecticut correction officer was stabbed in the neck last summer, and deploying a caustic pepper spray on recalcitrant ...
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An Active Pattern To Continue Across California, With Mainly Beneficial Precipitation Through Mid-Mar
The below article is reposted with permission by the Weather West Blog. The north-south precipitation dipole in CA persists, ...
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South Carolina governor declares state of emergency as wildfires erupt in Carolinas, Georgia
A little more than a dozen major wildfires remained active in the Carolinas on Sunday, according to a federal fire map. Firefighters in North Carolina continued to battle blazes in all four of the ...