Firefighters return to New Mexico after deployment to California
Firefighters from around New Mexico who were deployed to California to help with the fires in the Los Angeles area have returned home. The New Mexico Strike Team was made up of crews from around the state.
I'm a pilot flying a DC-10 fire bomber to battle the LA fires. This is what I've seen — and this is what needs to stop.
I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how we do it.
LA fires live updates: Evacuation orders issued as new blaze explodes near U.S.-Mexico border
Fast-moving brush fire has scorched 800 acres in the hard-to-access Otay Mountain wilderness, while Donald Trump is expected to survey the damage in fire-ravaged Los Angeles
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New Mexico woman's childhood home burns down in Hobbs
EVERYBODY WAS WORRIED ABOUT ME IN LOS ANGELES, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WE LOST A HOME BACK HOME IN NEW MEXICO. LOS ANGELES IS JASMINE BAEZ’S HOME AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. SHE ...
Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
The Hughes Fire near Castaic, north of Los Angeles, was 24% contained on Thursday afternoon, according to Cal Fire.
Progress made on Los Angeles fires as evacuation orders lift
Evacuation orders have been lifted for thousands of Californians, while new blazes ignited in the city of San Diego and on the Mexico border and a red flag emergency warning for critical fire risk was extended.
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Hollywood Work Was Already Drying Up. Then the Fires Hit.
Local officials said Los Angeles was losing productions to other nations and other states, including Georgia and New Mexico, which have wooed them with generous tax incentives. A survey by the The ...
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Crashes and Disasters
Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters with air support slowed the spread of a huge wildfire churning through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but new ...
California’s monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat
The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign.
Scholars grapple with loss of Chicano studies giant Juan Gómez-Quiñones’ archives in Palisades fire
The late Chicano historian Juan Gómez-Quiñones stored decades of Mexican American history in the garage and shed of his Pacific Palisades home. Scholars are now grappling with the loss.
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.
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Observer’s February Art Fair Calendar
This year’s February art fair calendar looks a lot like last year’s, which is somewhat surprising. There’s still plenty of uncertainty when it comes to the full impact of the L.A. wildfires on artists and arts institutions,