Tag: wildfires
Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires
CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to cut U.S. funding to California for aid during wildfires that...
Fire crews take advantage of calmer weather in California
JOHN ANTCZAK
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Calmer weather allowed crews to increase containment of wildfires after a three-week siege of gusts fanned blazes...
Crews battle California blazes before windstorms return
STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews fought Tuesday to drown, slash and smother wildfires that have incinerated dozens of...
Wildfire forces LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger to flee
STEFANIE DAZIO and BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire swept through the star-studded hills of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying several...
Ferocious winds fuel blazes throughout Northern California
TERENCE CHEA and DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SANTA ROSA (AP) — With ferocious winds driving multiple wildfires through bone-dry vegetation and nearly 200,000 people ordered...
California utility admits it may have ignited fire
ROBERT JABLON and JOCELYN GECKER
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's biggest utility admitted its electrical equipment may have ignited a ruinous wildfire spreading over...
California governor “owns” blackouts, takes political risk
KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO — With hundreds of thousands of Californians again in the dark amid high wildfire danger Thursday, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom...
70,000 California wildfire victims may miss out on payments
DAISY NGUYEN
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As many as 100,000 Californians are eligible to receive payments for the damages they suffered from a...
California power outages highlight economic disparity
CATHY BUSSEWITZ
AP Business Writer
When the nation's largest utility warned customers that it would cut power to nearly 2 million people across Northern California,...
Son says mother, 89, missing after Calimesa homes burn
STEFANIE DAZIO AND CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Associated Press
CALIMESA (AP) — Don Turner's 89-year-old mother was missing Thursday night after a wind-driven wildfire sparked by burning...