At least 29 people have died in the fires across the Los Angeles area. At least two of the people killed in the Southern California wildfires tried to protect the homes where they raised families and lived for decades, while another stayed behind with his son who had cerebral palsy and could not evacuate.
As emergency crews depart and the cameras fade, the community must rally to rebuild, hold officials accountable, and navigate the long road to recovery The stretch of Pacific Coast Highway that runs along Zuma Beach is eerily quiet now.
For years, some of us have fought for putting utility equipment underground.
By 2020, as a result of California s recent extreme environmental and social policies the state lost 4 3 million acres to wildfires
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities
Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.
Within a decade, more than 5,000 residents lived in Malibu. Architects warned of the danger of building in the area, known to be fire-prone, but local government declined to act. On Dec. 27, 1956, a wildfire broke out near Zuma Beach, eventually charring 26,000 acres and destroying 100 homes.
At least 28 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California ... Fire and six in the Malibu area, the sheriff said.
One Malibu homeowner, who asked that her name not be printed to protect her family's privacy, is still in the process of rebuilding her home after the 2018 Woolsey Fire burned it to the ground. The fire destroyed an estimated 1,600 structures, and the rebuilding process is ongoing.
“Yesterday, just in California alone, there were about 30 orders,” Barry McConaghey, a former firefighter who owns FireHoseDirect, a North Carolina-based equipment company he founded in 2011 that sells the parts to make a private hydrant, told the Times.
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