No health risk from Woolsey fire that burned nuclear cleanup site, state officials say
State regulators and outside experts are tamping down concerns from advocacy groups about the Woolsey fire, which burned part of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory nuclear cleanup site, saying it likely posed no risk to the public beyond what is normal for wildfire smoke. The state Department of…
Crestline bicyclist dies days after Long Beach collision
A bicyclist died in a hospital on Sunday, Nov. 11, several days after he was struck from behind by a sedan in Long Beach. The man was biking westbound in the third lane of Spring Street on Wednesday, Nov. 7, when he was rear ended near the 605 freeway by a driver in a 2007 Honda…
Borderline gunman Long was ‘out of control’ in high school, former coach says
By AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press MONTCLAIR — A second high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him on Sunday as volatile and intimidating, and said that repeated complaints to school administrators about his behavior failed to prompt any discipline. Evie Cluke coached Ian David Long…
Woolsey fire destroys Jewish summer camps near Malibu
Two Jewish camps in the Malibu hills have been charred by the Woolsey fire as it churned through buildings at Camp Hess Kramer and Camp Hilltop. “Those of us who love the Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps are heartbroken by the likely loss of at least some structures due to the Woolsey fire,” read a letter…
California fires live updates: Gov. Brown seeks major disaster declaration from Trump
Camp fire has burned 113,000 acres as of Monday morning
Terrifying tales of survival in Paradise, and horror for those who didn’t make it out of the Camp fire
When the Camp fire swept into this community Thursday, Shane Bender watched as the air filled with acrid smoke and glowing embers rained down on the rooftops of nearby houses. Within minutes, dozens of men, women and children — some of them screaming and crying — were streaming down a two-lane…
‘There are enough people out here with cameras.’ Photographer becomes fire spotter atop Point Dume
Camp fire death toll grows to 29, matching 1933 Griffith Park blaze for deadliest in California
BUTTE COUNTY — With the death toll in Northern California’s Camp Fire sitting at 29 people — matching a historic high set in 1933 — firefighters on Monday are facing another day of wind-whipped flames fueled by low humidity and dry brush that has not seen rain in months. Officials on Sunday night said 121…