Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
Child care is center of governor’s human services budget
Lamont’s budget invests in universal preschool but does not meet the needs of other nonprofits, like food banks and ...
L.A. Wildfires: SCE Admits Its Equipment May Have Ignited Hurst Fire North Of Los Angeles
SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall ...
Crime and Public Safety
A 22-year-old man was sentenced this week to four years in prison for helping rob a Secret Service agent in Tustin in June ...
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California makes transmission planning and permitting a little easier
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has updated its electric utility transmission siting regulations to ...
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Santa Rosa wrote the playbook for the long road to recovery after 2017 Tubbs Fire. These lessons could aid Los Angeles
Nearly a month since blazes ignited across Los Angeles County, the channels of communications have been established between ...
Houston just recorded its highest number of road deaths. What can Mayor Whitmire do about it?
Mayor Whitmire has focused on traffic enforcement efforts, but critics note street design is driving many of the fatalities ...
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'You Just Have to Say No': LA's Plan to Stop Building Homes in Fire Zones
L.A. County officials are considering a land use plan, one that would allow more density in the interior of Altadena to ...
Omaha's Metro transit doubles tax levy, but will improved bus service lure more riders?
Ridership per capita in Omaha ranked 17th among 20 cities, and about half the average of like-sized peers. The buses running ...
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Preventing local wildfires topic of county seminar
As the Los Angeles wildfires have been burning for more than 25 days, Hill Country residents gathered for a presentation on ...
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Incoming rain brings mudslides threat to burn zones
Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.
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Hughes Fire breaks out near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County: See wildfire map
The Hughes Fire has spread to over 8,000 acres in Los Angeles ... mountainous areas, according to the National Weather Service. Multiple small brush fires erupted in San Diego County on Tuesday ...