California fires live updates: Looks like 'atomic bomb dropped,' sheriff says
At least 10 people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.
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California authorities give update on L.A. fires and announce school closures
California officials held a news conference on Thursday evening about the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. They announced that all Los Angeles Unified School District schools will be closed on ...CBS News - 14h -
California fires live updates: death toll likely to rise; Biden announces federal funding for fight against blazes
Robert Luna decries ‘unacceptable’ looting in fire-ravaged areas, while Palisades wildfire grows to nearly 20,000 acres. Full report: wildfires continue to rage in Los Angeles Visual ...The Guardian - 17h -
Watch live: Biden to give remarks on California fires
President Biden will give brief remarks Thursday about the wildfires raging in the Los Angeles region that have killed at least five people, forced thousands to evacuate and caused irrevocable ...The Hill - 20h -
California officials provide updates on 5 fires in Los Angeles area
Los Angeles area officials provided updates on at least five fires in the state. The Sunset Fire in the Hollywood Hills has been stopped, an official said, and the Woodley Fire has also been 100% ...CBS News - 22h -
California wildfire victims face uncertain future: "It looks like a war zone"
While many who evacuated from the fires in California don't know if their homes survived, others found a way back — only to see that there was nothing left. For those who found their house was ...CBS News - 1d -
'This is like a movie scene': California's Eaton fire burns multiple homes
KNBC reporter Michelle Valles walks through an Altadena, Calif., neighborhood as homes ignited by the Eaton Fire burn around her. The fire double in size overnight, consuming thousands of acres and ...NBC News - 2d -
On-the-ground look at the Palisades Fire burning in southern California
Southern California is facing a life-threatening windstorm as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades region of Los Angeles burns hundreds of acres. Thousands have evacuated amid the fast-moving ...CBS News - 2d -
California sheriff is Trump's blue-state ally
Riverside County, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco says he feels "very good" about President-elect Trump winning the election and calls Democrats' agenda "pro criminal." In the past, Bianco was a ...NBC News - 3d -
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to advocating for peace has diedABC News - 5d
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