Tag: wildfires
Rescue personnel from Riverside County to join ops in fire-ravaged Maui
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Search and rescue personnel from Riverside County
will be among others statewide deploying to the Hawaiian Islands as part of the
disaster response...
Soboba Fire Department shares fire safety tips
Soboba Band of Luiseño IndiansSpecial to Valley NewsTo assist those who live and work on the Soboba Indian Reservation, Soboba fire Capt. Roger Salmo...
Preparing for emergency evacuations now helps alleviate problems later
Southern California is facing what experts are saying will be the worst fire season in the past six years. To date the state has already burned...
County to provide surplus vehicle to Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council
Riverside County will be providing a surplus county vehicle to the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council.A 5-0 Riverside County Board of Supervisors vote Tuesday,...
Insurance Commissioner Lara and state emergency agencies issue ‘Safer from Wildfires’ framework to protect...
SACRAMENTO – Drawing on the direct experience of first responders, fire safety experts and the latest research on wildfires, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and emergency...
Secretary Vilsack announces new 10-year strategy to confront the wildfire crisis
PHOENIX – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore launched a comprehensive response Tuesday, Jan. 18, to the nation’s growing wildfire...
New data shows insurance companies non-renewed fewer homeowners in 2020 while FAIR Plan ‘insurer...
LOS ANGELES – According to a new report released by the California Department of Insurance, the number of homeowners non-renewed by insurance companies fell by...
Assembly Republican Wildfire Working Group hosts its own wildfire forum after oversight hearing canceled
SACRAMENTO – Frustrated with the Democratic leadership’s cancellation and indefinite postponement of the Wildfire Prevention and Forest Resiliency hearing originally scheduled for Aug. 18,...
No containment, new threats from Northern California fire
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire burning for a week in Northern California continued to grow out of control, one of about a dozen...
California’s wildfire crisis
Assemblymember Kelly SeyartoSpecial to Valley NewsCombating the wildfire issue in California needs to be more than just rhetoric. Californians need these efforts to be...