LA County Sues SoCal Edison For Over $100M In Costs, Damages From Woolsey Fire
SoCal Edison has admitted that its equipment could have been responsible for potentially sparking the wildfire.
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SoCal Edison has admitted that its equipment could have been responsible for potentially sparking the wildfire.
It wasn't a fundraiser, it was just about putting smiles on peoples' faces. The night was dedicated to those who gave so much.
A portion of Yerba Buena Road was already closed due to a sinkhole.
The closure will allow crews to restore the roadway's foundation, which has been eroded by a series of storms in the wake of the Woolsey Fire.
The troops will travel around the state clearing and reducing trees and vegetation in an effort to prevent wildfires.
Another storm system soaked the Southland Wednesday and put on a spectacular overnight lightning show before it slowly moved out of the area by late afternoon.
A flash flood watch is in effect from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning for most of L.A., Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
A small landslide in San Clemente has shut down one Orange County roadway even before heavy rains were expected to move in overnight Wednesday.
Last November's Woolsey Fire destroyed the Malibu Lake home belonging to actor Robert Hays of "Airplane!" fame.
California Strong continues to raise significant funds for the victims of the Woolsey Fire, and in the first round of distributing donations, the organization doled out $1 million to local families hit the hardest.
With no vegetation to hold hillsides in place, there is the ongoing risk that too much water could send charred debris flowing into neighborhoods.
The money will go to helping low-income Woolsey Fire victims with "economic, emotional and housing support."
Important disaster recovery deadlines are coming this week for those affected by the Woolsey Fire in Los Angeles County.
The third and final in a series of storms hitting the Southland this week dumped several inches of rain on recent wildfire burn areas Thursday.
Mandatory evacuation orders remain in place for the Woolsey Fire burn area.
Here are the latest road closures and evacuations as of Wednesday as a third round of storms rolls through the region.
Several neighborhoods in the Woolsey Fire burn area are under mandatory evacuations Tuesday.
The 5 Freeway through the Grapevine in the Tejon Pass in the Lebec area was closed as of 1:30 p.m. due to snow and ice, according to California Highway Patrol.
The parks had been closed since the blaze broke out in early November.
"I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!"
PCH remained closed in both directions at Broad Beach Road all the way to Las Posas Road in Ventura County Monday, following Saturday night's mudslide that trapped several vehicles at Tonga Street. Closures may remain in place through Tuesday.
Hundreds of people in Thousand Oaks laced up their sneakers in an effort to raise funds for the victims in the Borderline mass shooting and Woolsey fire.
Insurance losses from the wildfires that devastated California in November have topped $9 billion, an astronomical number that state officials say they only expect to rise.
The coroner's office Monday released the names of a woman and her son, whose bodies were found in Malibu after the Woolsey Fire broke out.
P-64 was found this week with his paws visibly burned.
