Santa Rosa Press Democrat5d
The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat18d
How Santa Rosa-based app Watch Duty became an indispensable tool during Los Angeles' wildfires
That first message on Watch Duty reached about 6,000 enrolled users in the original three-county territory, including Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties. Today, Watch Duty, based in Santa Rosa ...
Los Angeles Times22d
Column: How L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger plans to help Altadena rebuild
Firetrucks from Watsonville, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa and Oxnard idled ... It was an L.A. County evacuation alert. “We’re in the zone for it,” she said with a smirk. A few days ago, a ...
With L.A. on alert, wildfire app Watch Duty adds 600,000 users overnight
With the explosion of fires across the L.A. area, tracking app Watch Duty, which has 7.2 million active users annually, told The Times it counted 600,000 new sign-ups in the last 24 hours.
Flawed Emergency Alert Systems Lagged When Residents Needed Them Most During Los Angeles Wildfires
LA wildfires expose flaws in emergency alert systems, leaving residents scrambling for information during critical hours.
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Ventura County Fire: Map Reveals Evacuation Zones
Newsweek has reached out to Ventura County Sherriff's Office by email seeking further information and comment about the latest blaze. The blaze is burning by the Santa ... zones on the map also ...
USA Today12d
LA County's Hughes wildfire goes from brush blaze to 9,000+-acre conflagration; evacs ordered
A fast-moving blaze that began as a brush fire Wednesday spread across nearly 9,500 acres of bone-dry Los Angeles County, forcing evacuations of neighborhoods, schools and even jails as ...
How to navigate the mental health toll of surviving a wildfire
Adrienne Heinz knows firsthand what it’s like to flee a fire zone — and what it takes for a community to rebuild afterward. The Healdsburg resident evacuated her home as the 2017 Tubbs Fire tore ...
CBS News23d
25 people dead in Palisades and Eaton fires as Los Angeles braces for more high winds, red flag weather
Los Angeles County has provided preliminary maps showing damage ... in political science from UC Santa Barbara and is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.
The New York Times20d
More Gusty Winds in L.A. Threaten Firefighters’ Progress
National Guard soldiers at a checkpoint in the Palisades fire evacuation zone on Sunday.Credit ... When pandemic conditions in Santa Clara County, Calif., deteriorated, the San Francisco 49ers ...
LAist27d
Palisades Fire death toll grows as containment increases to 63%
Evacuation zones are changing fast, so check out the most up to date, interactive map here. Authorities on Tuesday announced certain areas would open for repopulation: LA County Sheriff's Eaton ...
Santa Rosa one of Florida's first Purple Star School Districts
The Santa Rosa County school district was one of just five districts in Florida recognized for exemplary support of military students and families.