For TV reporters covering fires in L.A., the tragedy gets personal
Journalists telling the fire story to the nation are keeping emotions in check as they deal with the massive losses, and requests to check if friends' homes are still standing.
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USWNT camp moved to Florida due to L.A. fires
The United States women's national team's January training camp will now be held in Florida due to the Los Angeles wildfires, U.S. Soccer said on Friday.ESPN - 1h -
L.A. homes reduced to ashes amid fires
Tens of thousands in Los Angeles County are living a nightmare scenario as crews battle some of the worst wildfires the area has seen in years. CBS News correspondent Elise Preston reports and Mark ...CBS News - 1d -
L.A. fire chief on whether budget cuts impacted the fire response
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley spoke to "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell about whether $17 million in budget cuts hindered the agency's wildfire response.CBS News - 1d -
Biden says feds will cover 100% of fire response costs in California
"I told the governor and local officials, spare no expense," President Biden said, calling the damage "catastrophic."CBS News - 1d -
L.A. fire official on new Hollywood Hills blaze
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Margaret Stewart called the fire burning in the Hollywood Hills "very dangerous and explosive." She describes the mandatory evacuation zones and ongoing ...CBS News - 2d -
Wildfire destruction is highly personal for some reporting on it
With much of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles destroyed by a wildfire, NBC News' Jacob Soboroff surveys the destruction of the place where he grew up, including his childhood home.NBC News - 2d -
WATCH: ABC TV reporter battles ‘vicious’ winds amid LA fires
Leanne Suter, of ABC News' Los Angeles station KABC, reports from the Eaton Fire in Southern California.ABC News - 2d -
An Israeli TV reporter lost his ability to speak clearly. AI is helping him get back on air
A renowned Israeli TV journalist who lost his ability to speak clearly because of ALS is returning to the air using artificial-intelligence software that recreates his widely recognized gravelly voiceABC News - 3d -
A new TV show about 1988 Lockerbie bombing turns a tragedy into a slog
Colin Firth stars as the father of a victim in Peacock's new miniseries 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,' but even he can't break the tedium of its exposition-heavy tale.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 2
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