A national, nonpartisan study of the Los Angeles fires could improve planning for future disasters
– Two national reviews – one by a blue-ribbon commission and the other by the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council – investigated the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and ...
L.A. Fires: Progress in Southern California containment efforts as winds weaken
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads ...
What hazards will remain in Southern California after the wildfires subside?
While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.
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Southern California's winds weakening; at least 25 dead, 26 missing amid wildfires
Los Angeles city and county officials are ... an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Southern California, referring to the dangerous chemicals and rubble left behind.
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How Did the Los Angeles Fires Get So Out of Control?
A climate scientist discusses how to think about and weigh the variables that led to the current disaster.
Some Los Angeles Law Schools Begin Spring Semester Remotely
UCLA and Pepperdine, both located just outside the perimeter of the Palisades fire, have moved classes online this week.
Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry | Opinion
In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in ...
Fact-checking misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires and California water policy
President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies enabled the blazes’ ...
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Los Angeles fires news and resources: What’s happening across the UC system and how you can help
A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center for Angelenos impacted by the fires has also been set up at the UCLA Research Park (formerly ...
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What hazards will remain in Southern California after the wildfires subside?
Fires are continuing to burn in Southern California ... policy cooperative extension specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles, told ABC News The wildfires are incinerating the ...
Conditions that contributed to the start of the California wildfires
Normal fire season is in late summer and fall because of the heat of the summer and dry vegetation. This is also when the ...
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Fact-checking misinformation about the Los Angeles wildfires and California water policy
President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles ... California. But experts said those plans would not have affected the fire response. Southern California ...