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The most dangerous day will be Tuesday, warned fire behavior analyst Dennis Burns at a community meeting Sunday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/NWSSPC/status/1878766783991324736\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relative calm Sunday allowed some people to return to previously evacuated areas. But even as \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-terms-contained-acc21dd0f6824df715caff1e46918eda\">containment increased\u003c/a> in the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">worst of the fires\u003c/a>, more bad news emerged from the ashes: The death toll surged late Sunday with an update from the Los Angeles County medical examiner. At least 16 people were missing, a number authorities said was also likely to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fierce \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> have been largely blamed for turning the wildfires sparked last week into infernos that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">leveled entire neighborhoods\u003c/a> around the nation’s second-largest city where there has been no significant rainfall in more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">eight months\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In less than a week, four fires around the nation’s second biggest city have ignited more than 62 square miles (160 square kilometers), roughly three times the size of Manhattan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of that destruction has been from the Eaton Fire near Pasadena and the Palisades Fire, in a wealthy enclave along the Pacific Coast. Firefighters have made progress on both fronts in recent days, with the Eaton Fire roughly one-third contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAgovernor/status/1878862045346730217\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The returning high winds could trigger explosive growth of the existing fires and new outbreaks in areas untouched so far, creating new challenges for firefighting crews already stretched thin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone said 70 additional water trucks arrived to help firefighters fend off flames spread by renewed gusts. “We are prepared for the upcoming wind event,” Marrone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire retardant dropped by aircraft will act as a barrier along hillsides, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of artists, musicians, and friends in Topanga Canyon banded together to stop fires breaking out in new areas by turning off gas lines and propane tanks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We helped hopefully save a couple houses and we put out a couple spot fires, Derek Mabra said as he drove along the coast looking at the destruction. “It’s complete and total devastation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Residents check on their homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some residents have been able to return to their homes to survey the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Orlandini, who lost his hardware store in Altadena, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-pacific-palisades-pasadena-altadena-inequality-63ea76d186740359f7f5dd188896354f\">a hard-hit neighborhood\u003c/a> next to Pasadena, said his home of 40 years survived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tuesday night we didn’t sleep at all because we figured the house was gone,” he said Sunday as he recalled the moment the fires spread to his neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole time I was thinking, I don’t know what I’m going to find when I get back here and after 40 years, you know, you got a lot of stuff you forget about that would disappear if the house burned down. So we’re thankful that it didn’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixteen of the 24 deaths were attributed to the Eaton Fire and eight to the Palisades Fire, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CountyofLA/status/1878615068923121902\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve people were listed as missing within the Eaton Fire zone and four were missing from the Palisades Fire, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, LA city Fire Chief Kristin Crowley urged people to stay away from scorched neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are still active fires that are burning within the Palisades area, making it extremely, extremely dangerous for the public,” Crowley said Sunday. “There’s no power, there’s no water, there’s broken gas lines, and we have unstable structures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials warned the ash can contain lead, arsenic, asbestos and other harmful materials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 50,000 people in Los Angeles County remained under evacuation orders, with more than 700 residents taking refuge in nine shelters, Luna said. Officials said most of the orders in the Palisades area were unlikely to be lifted before the red flag warnings expire Wednesday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please rest assured that first thing Thursday we will begin talking about repopulation,” Marrone said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1878864244927783170\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Firefighters continue to battle flames\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Crews from California and nine other states are part of the ongoing response that includes nearly 1,400 fire engines, 84 aircraft and more than 14,000 personnel, including newly arrived firefighters from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters over the weekend managed to fight back flames in Mandeville Canyon, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and other celebrities near Pacific Palisades not far from the coast, where swooping helicopters dumped water as the blaze charged downhill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/CAL_FIRE/status/1878855287412789580\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Arrests for looting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Looting continued to be a concern, with authorities reporting more arrests as the devastation grew. Those arrested included two people who posed as firefighters going into houses, Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Michael Lorenz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With California National Guard troops on hand to guard properties, Gov. Gavin Newsom posted on X: “California will NOT allow for looting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Historic cost\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The fires that began Tuesday just north of downtown LA had burned more than \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-wildfire-structure-damage-3f319dfaa36e583c06c8d49bd835084e\">12,000 structures\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-possible-causes-6112488f835e45f53c67d4d03d7a1e4f\">No cause\u003c/a> for the largest fires was determined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather’s early estimates suggest the fires could be the nation’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-natural-disasters-losses-insurance-recovery-d2f24e44d75503118643151eaee947fb\">costliest ever\u003c/a>, topping $250 billion including what’s to come in the next days.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Rebuilding will be a challenge\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom issued an executive order Sunday aimed at fast-tracking rebuilding by suspending some environmental regulations and ensuring that property tax assessments were not increased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to let people know that we have their back,” he said. “We want you to come back, rebuild, and rebuild with higher quality building standards, more modern standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Sunday that she had spoken with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration and expected that he would visit the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. 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Thickeners also keep the material from drifting off-target, he adds, “But the business end of it really is ammonium phosphate fertilizer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For anyone who’s heard of fertilizer being used in explosives: That’s ammonium nitrate. Phos-Chek commonly contains two types of salt: diammonium phosphate ([NH4]2HPO4) and ammonium polyphosphate ((NH4PO3)n).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with its use as a fertilizer (providing nitrogen and phosphorous to plants), you often see ammonium phosphate in \u003ca href=\"https://www.smithsonianstore.com/smithsonian-electronic-crystal-growing-kit-68679/?srsltid=AfmBOoruJs08ZsBaPiYe9iYnMqMMokWeta_WD8yTOUQtvv23puIQlhG5\">crystal-making kits\u003c/a> that are popular with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>So, how does Phos-Chek stop fires from spreading?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under normal conditions, cellulose in plant matter decomposes as it’s heated, producing flammable compounds. Phos-Chek’s maker says the reaction between the retardant and cellulose consumes heat energy from the approaching fire and produces non-flammable carbon material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal is to slow or stop the fire’s spread, especially if the area includes homes or other structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t tend to drop [retardant] directly in the center of an ongoing fire,” McCurry says. “They tend to drop kind of at the barrier of it because they’re trying to prevent it from spreading. And the reason that these products are kind of useful for that potentially is that the active ingredient is not water. Right? It’s the fertilizer. So even after the water evaporates, you still have that red stripe there for days or weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big air tankers can drop up to 9,400 gallons of Phos-Chek onto trees and other potential fuels. The massive quantities have spurred McCurry and other researchers to consider potential harms from the material. But McCurry says people in a fire zone likely have more pressing worries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of immediate concern, the main thing I’d be worried about, regardless of whether there’s fire retardant used or not, is just air pollution — like particulate matter,” he says. “If you’re walking around in an area that’s been burned, it’s probably still very smoky. So it’d be a good idea to wear a respirator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11053461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/08/RS20766_160816_ClaytonFire_bhs23-qut-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Is Phos-Chek safe?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Due to environmental concerns, the Forest Service has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2024-AerialFireRetardant-ROD-Signed.pdf\">mandatory ban\u003c/a> on aerial retardant drops in sensitive areas such as waterways and endangered species habitats (\u003ca href=\"https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=53c2f30ed89f429b93f2e09dc3336ad0\">map\u003c/a>). That ban is in effect “except when human life or public safety are threatened.” Using retardants in restricted areas must be reported for possible remediation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phos-Chek doesn’t include any substances flagged by California’s Proposition 65 list of materials that are known to cause cancer and other harms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/products/msds/retard/phoschek/SDS_PC_LC95A-R.pdf\">according to its maker\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Forest Service’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/documents/5100-304d_LTR_Final_010720_with%20Amendment%201.pdf\">specifications for wildfire retardants\u003c/a> ban PFAS, known as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106863211/the-dangers-of-forever-chemicals\">forever chemicals\u003c/a>,” along with other unacceptable compounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='wildfire' label='More Wildfire Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, McCurry and his colleagues \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00727\">published a study\u003c/a> suggesting some fire suppression products, including Phos-Chek, can contain toxic heavy metals such as cadmium and chromium. The Forest Service says heavy metals aren’t added to fire retardants, “But may be present as naturally occurring impurities in the retarding salts (which come from the same source as crop fertilizers),” \u003ca href=\"https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/2024-11-13/wildfires-retardant-forest-service-heavy-metals-chromium-cadmium\">Boise State Public Radio reported\u003c/a> last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the air tankers’ operations over smoldering hillsides, the most immediate danger would seem to be to the aviators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a really heroic job,” McCurry says of the pilots — many of them former military, he says — who guide massive planes through low-altitude drops over challenging terrain. “You know, some of those guys die every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between 2000–2013, there were 78 aviation deaths related to fighting wildfires, according to a 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6429a4.htm\">report\u003c/a> by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The California Newsroom is following the extreme weather from across the region. Click through to \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/\">LAist’s coverage\u003c/a> for the latest.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two biggest fires devastating \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">the Los Angeles area\u003c/a> grew only slightly Friday as firefighters beat back the blazes that have killed at least 11 people, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">obliterated neighborhoods\u003c/a> and left the nation’s second-largest city on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/wildfire-california-los-angeles-updates\">expressed optimism\u003c/a> that a break from the punishing winds stoking the flames through the weekend will allow firefighters to make headway on the fires that have burned an area bigger than San Francisco and destroyed more than 10,000 homes and other structures since Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These fires are not out, though today we’re going to make a lot of progress,” California Gov. 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If map is not loading correctly, try viewing it \u003ca href=\"//kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112%E2%80%9D\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Palisades virtual community meeting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A virtual community meeting for people impacted by the Palisades Fire has been scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3J4k_ml1No\">You can participate by clicking here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our neighbors want to know where to go for immediate help, how to get information about their home when they can return, and what long term resources are available,” L.A. 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County will be prepared,” Marrone said at a press conference at 1 p.m. Friday. “Please, rest assured that we will not stop until the fires are fully contained and we can and we will continue to be here for you as we plan for the repopulation recovery and rebuilding that will be occurring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire said more than 8,000 personnel, including firefighters, law enforcement and others doing emergency support have responded the wildfires, including crews from Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico and Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marrone thanked the hard work of all those who have saved lives and protected what property they could, including the historic The Mount Wilson Observatory and its telescope, which Marrone said “are undamaged thanks to the efforts of our firefighters and observatory staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New evacuation order issued\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles Fire Department issued an evacuation order on Friday due to a brush fire in the Granada Hills area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area is just west of the Hurst Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Margaret Stewart, a spokeswoman with the Los Angeles Fire Department, said firefighters on the ground and in the air were able to tackle the Archer Fire quickly and that the evacuation order is expected to be downgraded soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have some winds and that’s why we have not yet lifted the evacuation order,” Stewart told KTLA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brush fire sparked in the Granada Hills area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://lacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=695f0c805ba046b28c84da79bbf252dc\">Click here to view the latest areas impacted by evacuations via the County of Los Angeles Emergency Map.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Curfew in effect as arrests made\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Capt. 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Since the evacuations began, authorities have arrested 18 people — 15 in the Eaton Fire area and three in Palisades — on suspicion of possession of drugs, burglary tools, burglary, identity theft and looting.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Strong winds start the day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Metropolitan L.A. and its 13 million residents, who \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">haven’t seen rain in more than eight months\u003c/a>, woke up Friday to another day of strong winds and the threat of new flareups. The gusts were expected to diminish by evening, however, and already have died down from earlier in the week, when hurricane-force winds \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/la-wildfire-flee-evacuation-wind-palisades-f302b4cd347f9a4f4fe707fa0a717aca\">blew embers\u003c/a> that ignited hillsides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But meteorologist Rich Thompson warned the break could be short-lived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking for a little respite on Friday and Saturday from the Santa Ana winds but then they’re going to pick up again Sunday through most of next week,” he said Thursday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. 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In neighboring Malibu, where oceanfront homes once stood, all that was left above the debris were blackened palm strands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena, next to Pasadena, on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe with a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All our memories, all our sentimental attachments, things that were gifted from generation to generation to generation are now gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-possible-causes-6112488f835e45f53c67d4d03d7a1e4f\">No cause\u003c/a> has been identified for the largest fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside tag='wildfire' label='More Wildfire Coverage']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A firefighting plane had to be grounded Thursday after it was struck by a drone flown by a civilian, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said. Nobody was injured. It’s a federal crime to fly a drone during firefighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters for the first time have made progress containing the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, officials said Friday. It started Tuesday night and has burned more than 5,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the west, the fire in Pacific Palisades, the largest burning in the L.A. area, has destroyed over 5,300 structures. The blaze is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries have been burned. So too were the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and Topanga Ranch Motel, local landmarks dating to the 1920s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage. 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County officials said the Eaton Fire had killed five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two of the dead were Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, and his son, Justin, who had cerebral palsy. They were waiting for an ambulance to come and did not make it to safety when the flames roared through, Mitchell’s daughter, Hajime White, told The Washington Post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shari Shaw told KTLA that she tried to get her 66-year-old brother, Victor Shaw, to evacuate Tuesday night but he wanted to stay and fight the fire. Crews found his body with a garden hose in his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/Cal_OES/status/1877801004865056803\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California is seeing a longer fire season\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s wildfire season is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data. Several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday that the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-warming-hot-record-2024-disasters-12f899f071fcdbd051ad49a872611e92\">Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire says the recent wildfires serve as an important reminder for all Californians to take steps to prevent sparking a wildfire and having an evacuation plan, a supply kit, and important paperwork ready should you ever have to evacuate your home due to wildfire danger.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Evacuations, school closures and arrests\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Roughly 100,000 people remained under evacuation orders as of early Friday afternoon, and the fires have consumed about 56 square miles, larger than the size of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest, will be closed again Friday because of the heavy smoke wafting over the city and ash raining down in parts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Biden administration is working with Trump’s team on the fires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“They know every single thing we’re doing about this response,” President Joe Biden said on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Biden took a shot at President-elect Donald Trump, who he referred to as “someone from the other team,” by mocking his call to sweep the forest floors to reduce fire dangers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“C’mon man,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden said it would be a better idea to bury electricity transmission wires, which would be “a hell of a lot safer” but would cost “a hell of a lot of money” to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press’ Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson and John Seewer contributed to this report, along with KQED’s Brian Krans. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 6 p.m., Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new fire prompted evacuations Thursday in and around Los Angeles even as firefighters aided by calmer winds saw the first signs of successfully beating back the region’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/wildfire-los-angeles-palisades-eaton-updates\">deadly and devastating wildfires\u003c/a>, while the enormity of the devastation started to emerge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fast-growing Kenneth Fire started in the late afternoon in the San Fernando Valley near the West Hills neighborhood and close to Ventura County. The evacuation order covered parts of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The orders came as Los Angeles County officials announced the Eaton Fire near Pasadena that started Tuesday night has burned more than 4,000 structures, a term that includes homes, apartment buildings, businesses, outbuildings and vehicles. To the west in Pacific Palisades, the largest of the fires burning in the LA area has destroyed over 5,300 structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the large fires that have broken out this week in the Los Angeles area are located in a roughly 25-mile band north of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kenneth blaze ignited less than 2 miles away from the El Camino Real Charter High School, where people are sheltering from the fire in Palisades. The two fires are about 10 miles apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of blocks were flattened to smoldering rubble in scenic Pacific Palisades. Only the outlines of homes and their chimneys remained. In Malibu, blackened palm strands were all that was left above debris where oceanfront homes once stood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries were lost. So too were the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and Topanga Ranch Motel, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-135b5d227f3ea1b5b9f877b48e3bbdb9\">local landmarks\u003c/a> dating to the 1920s. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage or specifics about how many structures burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather, a private company that provides data on weather and its impact, on Thursday increased its estimate of the damage and economic loss to $135 billion–$150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders were encouraged Thursday after firefighters made significant gains at slowing the spread of the two biggest fires that had ignited block after block from \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a> to inland Altadena, a community near Pasadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews also knocked down a blaze \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1\">in the Hollywood Hills\u003c/a>, allowing an evacuation to be lifted Thursday. The fire that sparked up late Wednesday near the heart of the entertainment industry came perilously close to igniting the famed Hollywood Bowl outdoor concert venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we are still facing significant threats, I am hopeful that the tide is turning,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water dropped from aircraft helped fire crews quickly seize control of the fires in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Much of the widespread destruction occurred Tuesday after those aircraft were grounded due to high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This map is updated regularly throughout the day. Wildfire locations and perimeters are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail. If map is not loading correctly on your device, try viewing it \u003ca href=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind gusts were expected to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning, with another round of strong winds expected early next week, raising concerns that the conditions could worsen, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Thursday’s daytime forecast provided a window for firefighters — including crews pouring in from neighboring states and Canada — to make progress in reining in blazes that have killed at least five people and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said firefighters were able to keep the Hollywood Hills blaze in check because “we hit it hard and fast and Mother Nature was a little nicer to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials said Thursday that they don’t yet know the cause of the fires but are actively investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Wind fuels the fires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the week, hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 80 mph \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/la-wildfire-flee-evacuation-wind-palisades-f302b4cd347f9a4f4fe707fa0a717aca\">blew embers,\u003c/a> igniting the Southern California hillsides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, it’s impossible to quantify the extent of the destruction other than “total devastation and loss,” said Barbara Bruderlin, head of the Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are areas where everything is gone, there isn’t even a stick of wood left, it’s just dirt,” Bruderlin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five deaths recorded so far were from those two fires. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley confirmed two of the deaths were in Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192522747-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moonstones burned in the Palisades fire on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in Malibu, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cadaver dogs and search crews are searching through rubble and the death toll is expected to rise, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony Mitchell, a 67-year-old amputee, and his son, Justin, who had cerebral palsy, were waiting for an ambulance to come, but they did not make it out, Mitchell’s daughter, Hajime White, told The Washington Post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shari Shaw told \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/eaton-fire-victim-dies-holding-a-hose-defending-home/\">KTLA\u003c/a> that she tried to get her 66-year-old brother, Victor Shaw, to evacuate Tuesday night but he wanted to stay and fight the fire. Crews found his body with a garden hose in his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, recovery crews pulled a body from rubble of what was a beachfront residence in Malibu on the scenic Pacific Coast Highway. A charred washer and dryer were among the few things that remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the two main fires were no longer spreading significantly, both remained at 0% containment, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">180,000 people are ordered to evacuate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders, and the fires have consumed about 45 square miles — roughly the size of San Francisco. The Palisades Fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 20 arrests have been made for looting, and the city of Santa Monica declared a curfew Wednesday night because of the lawlessness, officials said. Luna said to protect properties national guard troops would be stationed near the areas ravaged by fire and a curfew was expected to go into effect from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., starting as soon as Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destruction in downtown Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Actors lost homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flames destroyed the homes of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fires-celebrities-homes-lost-6cdc06b85b737c79739318a853e64642\">several celebrities\u003c/a>, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Lee Curtis pledged $1 million to start a “fund of support” for those affected by the fires that touched all economic levels from the city’s wealthy to its working class.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">A longer fire season\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">California’s wildfire season\u003c/a> is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">the notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Picking up the pieces with nowhere to go\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe containing a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All our memories, all our sentimental attachments, things that were gifted from generation to generation to generation are now gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021295\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks through a community destroyed in the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio and Watson from San Diego. Associated Press journalists Manuel Valdes, Eugene Garcia and Krysta Fauria, Jaimie Ding in Los Angeles; Ethan Swope in Pasadena, California; Hallie Golden in Seattle; Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska; Heather Hollingsworth in Mission, Kansas; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Janie Har in San Francisco; Brian Melley in London; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Sarah Brumfield in Cockeysville, Maryland; and Tammy Webber in Detroit contributed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the large fires that have broken out this week in the Los Angeles area are located in a roughly 25-mile band north of downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kenneth blaze ignited less than 2 miles away from the El Camino Real Charter High School, where people are sheltering from the fire in Palisades. The two fires are about 10 miles apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of blocks were flattened to smoldering rubble in scenic Pacific Palisades. Only the outlines of homes and their chimneys remained. In Malibu, blackened palm strands were all that was left above debris where oceanfront homes once stood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25009762988803-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The devastation from the Palisades Fire is seen from the air in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least five churches, a synagogue, seven schools, two libraries, boutiques, bars, restaurants, banks and groceries were lost. So too were the Will Rogers’ Western Ranch House and Topanga Ranch Motel, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/landmarks-destroyed-california-wildfires-135b5d227f3ea1b5b9f877b48e3bbdb9\">local landmarks\u003c/a> dating to the 1920s. The government has not yet released figures on the cost of the damage or specifics about how many structures burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather, a private company that provides data on weather and its impact, on Thursday increased its estimate of the damage and economic loss to $135 billion–$150 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders were encouraged Thursday after firefighters made significant gains at slowing the spread of the two biggest fires that had ignited block after block from \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a> to inland Altadena, a community near Pasadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews also knocked down a blaze \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1\">in the Hollywood Hills\u003c/a>, allowing an evacuation to be lifted Thursday. The fire that sparked up late Wednesday near the heart of the entertainment industry came perilously close to igniting the famed Hollywood Bowl outdoor concert venue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we are still facing significant threats, I am hopeful that the tide is turning,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water dropped from aircraft helped fire crews quickly seize control of the fires in the Hollywood Hills and Studio City, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Much of the widespread destruction occurred Tuesday after those aircraft were grounded due to high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px\">Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This map is updated regularly throughout the day. Wildfire locations and perimeters are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail. If map is not loading correctly on your device, try viewing it \u003ca href=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind gusts were expected to strengthen Thursday evening through Friday morning, with another round of strong winds expected early next week, raising concerns that the conditions could worsen, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Thursday’s daytime forecast provided a window for firefighters — including crews pouring in from neighboring states and Canada — to make progress in reining in blazes that have killed at least five people and caused thousands of people to flee their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. 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Crews found his body with a garden hose in his hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, recovery crews pulled a body from rubble of what was a beachfront residence in Malibu on the scenic Pacific Coast Highway. A charred washer and dryer were among the few things that remained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the two main fires were no longer spreading significantly, both remained at 0% containment, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">180,000 people are ordered to evacuate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At least 180,000 people were under evacuation orders, and the fires have consumed about 45 square miles — roughly the size of San Francisco. The Palisades Fire is already the most destructive in Los Angeles’ history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least 20 arrests have been made for looting, and the city of Santa Monica declared a curfew Wednesday night because of the lawlessness, officials said. Luna said to protect properties national guard troops would be stationed near the areas ravaged by fire and a curfew was expected to go into effect from 6 p.m. until 6 a.m., starting as soon as Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021365\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021365\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-043-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire destruction in downtown Altadena, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Actors lost homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flames destroyed the homes of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-fires-celebrities-homes-lost-6cdc06b85b737c79739318a853e64642\">several celebrities\u003c/a>, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Lee Curtis pledged $1 million to start a “fund of support” for those affected by the fires that touched all economic levels from the city’s wealthy to its working class.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">A longer fire season\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/fire-devastation-climate-change-santa-ana-winds-a46e2bb6785b1e325f6076fb22c8fcc5\">California’s wildfire season\u003c/a> is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">the notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-0 pb-2 ap-font-bold\">Picking up the pieces with nowhere to go\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Robert Lara sifted through the remains of his home in Altadena on Thursday with tears in his eyes, hoping to find a safe containing a set of earrings that once belonged to his great-great-grandmother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All our memories, all our sentimental attachments, things that were gifted from generation to generation to generation are now gone,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021295\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021295\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193170860-160x104.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks through a community destroyed in the Palisades Fire on Jan. 9, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio and Watson from San Diego. 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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California is experiencing it’s \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-pacific-palisades-wildfires-los-angeles-4b67b7f29d0d6eb7321a52ef60c17d60\">most devastating winter fires\u003c/a> in more than four decades. Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together to defy the calendar in a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-b565a3bd043d6444820f1571b2307bf1\">fast and deadly manner\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Start with supersized \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> whipping flames and embers at 100 mph — much faster than normal — and cross that with the return of extreme drought. Add on weather whiplash that grew tons of plants in downpours then record high temperatures that dried them out to make easy-to-burn fuel. Then there’s a plunging and unusual jet stream, and lots of power lines flapping in those powerful gusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say that’s what is turning wildfires into a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e\">deadly urban conflagration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Speed is the killer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Tiny, mighty and fast” fires have blazed through America’s west in the last couple of decades as the world warms, said University of Colorado fire scientist Jennifer Balch. She published a \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk5737\">study in the journal Science\u003c/a> last October that looked at 60,000 fires since 2001 and found that the fastest-growing ones have more than doubled in frequency since 2001 and caused far more destruction that slower, larger blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fires have gotten faster,” Balch said Wednesday. “The big culprit we’re suspecting is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/climate-and-environment\">a warming climate\u003c/a> that’s making it \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/farmworkers-latinos-wildfires-smoke-climate-change-28f4f7f3cb43cdc2f3b079eb44540f3d\">easier to burn fuels\u003c/a> when conditions are just right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Summer fires are bigger usually, but they don’t burn nearly as fast. Winter fires “are much more destructive because they happen much more quickly” said U.S. Geological Survey fire scientist Jon Keeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AccuWeather estimated damage from the latest fires could reach $57 billion, with the private firm’s chief meteorologist, Jonathan Porter, saying “it may become the worst wildfire in modern California history based on the number of structures burned and economic loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Conditions are ideal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“It’s really just the perfect alignment of everything in the atmosphere to give you this pattern and strong wind,” said Tim Brown, director of the Western Regional Climate Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind speed and the speed of spreading flames are clearly linked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact increases exponentially as wind speed increases,” said fire scientist Mike Flannigan of Thompson Rivers University in Canada. If firefighters can get to the flames within 10 minutes or so, it’s spread can be contained, but “15 minutes, it’s too late and it’s gone. The horse has left the barn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no sure link between Santa Ana winds — gusts from the east that come down the mountains, gain speed and hit the coast — to human-caused climate change, said Daniel Swain, climate scientist for the California Institute for Water Resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a condition that led to those winds is a big plunge in the temperature of the jet stream — the river of air that moves weather systems across the globe — which helped bring cold air to the eastern two-thirds of the nation, said University of California Merced climate and fire scientist John Abatzoglou. Other scientists have \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/polar-vortex-chilly-cold-climate-change-frigid-5dd0dcb49a7ead488e221e8c5d9edc8f\">preliminarily linked\u003c/a> those jet stream plunges to climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Ana winds are happening later and later in the year, moving more from the drier fall to the wetter winter, Keeley said. Normally, that would reduce fire threats, but this isn’t a normal time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dry fuel makes it worse\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After two soaking winters, when \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-storms-atmospheric-rivers-severe-weather-1030866eebf969c49c71e9453b5a7184\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> dumped huge amounts of water on the region causing lots of plants to grow, a \u003ca href=\"https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\">fast onset of drought\u003c/a> dried them out, providing perfect tinder, according to Swain and Abatzoglou.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain says this \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/summer-weather-whiplash-6d6858c5b0b90e8ce7fd61d85d7610f4\">weather whiplash\u003c/a> is happening more often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a clear link between climate change and the more frequent dry falls and winters that provide fuel for fires, Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These devastating fires couldn’t happen without the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-risk-winds-143f37204f2db129444818a9adb1ce0f\">dry and hot conditions\u003c/a>, nor would they be blazing without the extreme wind speed, Abatzoglou and others said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>It’s also a people problem\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The human factor in this can’t be ignored, said Keeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='climate-change' label='More Climate Change News']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that we need to look at it from the perspective of global changes. And climate is just one global change. And certainly one of the other important global changes is \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-population-growth-pandemic-decline-0d2bfc2c0a4ced0c3c2ad934207818bc#:~:text=(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20The%20nation's%20most,the%20state%20Department%20of%20Finance.\">population growth\u003c/a>. And California has been growing at a phenomenal rate in the last 20 years,” Keeley said. “You add more people and that means you add more power lines and more potential for failure to occur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the ignition sources for these fires have yet to be determined, Flannigan bets they’ll end up being power lines blown down by high winds. That’s what started California’s devastating fires in \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/general-news-4b3d4cd742634d3490c522cc82852ec5\">2016 and 2017\u003c/a>, leading to utility Pacific Gas & Electric \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/5e70c4c99a044c4192d7ee52e38330f2\">declaring bankruptcy\u003c/a> after facing $30 billion in lawsuits.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The calendar seems wrong\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An analysis of 423 California wildfires that have grown to at least 15 square miles since 1984 shows only four of those burned during the winter. About two-thirds of those larger fires sparked in June, July or August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal data shows just six wildfires have burned more than 2 square miles in any January in California since 1984. Until the Palisades and Eaton fires this year, the largest had been the \u003ca href=\"https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/1073/viejas-wildfire\">Viejas Fire\u003c/a>, which burned 17.1 square miles in 2001 in the mountains east of San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Winter wildfires should be an oxymoron,” University of Colorado’s Balch said. “Well, because, you know, temperatures drop and we get precipitation. We’re supposed to get precipitation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire officials used to talk about fire seasons, said David Acuña, a battalion chief for Cal Fire: “Now we talk about fire years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers Peter Prengaman in New York; Mary Katherine Wildeman in Hartford, Connecticut; and Christopher Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by NPR on Sept. 25, 2024.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As climate change contributes to longer wildfire seasons and increases the likelihood of destructive fires, more people in Western states find themselves searching for local wildfire information. But finding accurate, specific and timely information can be challenging, especially in the middle of an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world has now expected twitters and TikToks and push notifications, and the world of technology has passed over this community of first responders and firefighters and emergency managers,” says John Mills, co-founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://app.watchduty.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Duty\u003c/a>, an app launched in 2021 that has taken off in popularity as more and more people look to their phones for wildfires information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really starting to blow up as the fires explode,” says Mills, whose app saw a \u003ca href=\"https://app.sensortower.com/overview/org.watchduty.app?country=US&tab=category_rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spike in downloads\u003c/a> in early September while three major fires raged in the mountains surrounding Los Angeles. “The sad part is it means that things are really getting extraordinarily bad when this happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020872 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2193000280-1020x653.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">A firehose of information\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During a wildfire, this information can come from many sources: emergency push notifications from county emergency managers, texts and emails from the sheriff’s department, social media posts from local, state, and federal firefighting agencies, and websites like \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inciweb\u003c/a>, which map firelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mills, a Silicon Valley tech guy who lives off-the-grid in the woods of Sonoma County, experienced this jumble of information after a close brush with 2020’s Wallbridge Fire — part of a particularly bad wildfire summer across the West Coast, in which \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news/californias-2020-wildfire-season-numbers#:~:text=Key%202020%20wildfire%20statistics&text=The%20fires%20killed%2033%20people,firefighting%20costs%20approaching%20%242.1%20billion.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">33 people\u003c/a> were killed just in California. Mills realized, “You know, it’s only a matter of time before it comes back for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He realized he could do something about it—by building an app that would integrate all these sources of wildfire information and make it easily accessible on smartphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hey, I live in the woods, I’m gonna die, this has to get launched tomorrow,” Mills remembers thinking during that wildfire. “So we built Watch Duty in 80 days and got it live and had 50,000 users in a week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app started relatively small, tracking fires across just three Northern California counties, but in four years, it has grown to include the whole American West, Texas and Oklahoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">New technology, old techniques\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Watch Duty doesn’t collect or sell user data. The basic version is free to download, and the non-profit that makes it is funded through donations and subscriptions to advanced and pro versions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app draws from various official sources of wildfire information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020985\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020985\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22.jpg\" alt=\"A smartphone that shows an app with a map and a persons hands operating it inside a house.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1157\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-800x579.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-1020x738.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-22-1536x1111.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch Duty organizes information on a map of the US, which is dotted with flame icons representing active wildfires. Click a flame, and details like evacuation zones, fire lines, containment percentage, and acres burned pop up. Choose to track a fire, and you’ll get push notifications for the most urgent updates, like new evacuation orders. \u003ccite>(Mhari Shaw/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, its strength comes from a small army of volunteer contributors and staff reporters with firefighting, emergency dispatch, and journalism experience who watch wilderness camera live streams and listen in on firefighter radio communications in the field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Silvester is one of these contributors — a staff reporter who started out as a volunteer. He often takes the Watch Duty night shift, posting live updates on active fires from his home across the Pacific, where he got his start as a radio scanner at a young age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My dad was a volunteer firefighter here in New Zealand,” he says. “I used that as a way of keeping track of him on calls and stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silvester says one day, he became curious to see how much he could learn about wildfires in California, an entire hemisphere away, just by listening to live-streamed firefighter radio channels online. It turns out a lot — and his Twitter handle \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/cafirescanner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CAFireScanner\u003c/a> was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone said I saved their life one day,” Silvester quietly recounts. “They didn’t know a fire was coming over the hill until they saw the message on Twitter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he performs the same service on Watch Duty, which he says is a better platform to get the right information into the right hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you follow people like me on Twitter, you kind of have to get everything that I post. Will it be a fire in Southern California? Will it be a fire in Siskiyou County all the way at the other end of the state?” he describes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Watch Duty, you can subscribe by county. It’s targeted information — it’s delivered to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a real-time operation, 24 hours a day,” says CEO Mills. “We talk to you through an app; we talk to you through your phones. But really we listen to radios, a 100-year-old technology,” he explains. “That’s really where you find out the most up-to-date, real-time intelligence. Because it actually is the firefighters doing the job in that moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">An ‘amazing tool,’ as part of a toolbox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Watch Duty has definitely filled a gap,” says Karen Hancock, Public Information Officer and Community Outreach Specialist for the Sonoma County Fire District, one of the first counties covered by the app when it launched in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter talks into a wireless with flames and other firefighters in the background.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-1536x1036.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch Duty gets close-to-real-time information by listening in to the radio communications of firefighters on the front lines. In remote areas where radio signals are weak, Watch Duty has started setting up its own transmission towers to help with firefighting efforts and to give its staff reporters a way of listening for updates. \u003ccite>(J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has been an amazing tool for not only our public but for our firefighters and crews as well,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hancock’s community is no stranger to wildfires. In 2017, the fast-moving Tubbs Fire swept through the Coffey Park neighborhood in the middle of the night with no warning, killing 22 people and burning over 5,000 structures. At the time, it was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/16/656532029/getting-back-what-you-lost-rebuilding-in-a-wildfire-zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most destructive fire\u003c/a> in California history, but it soon became the second-most destructive after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667315613/californias-camp-fire-becomes-the-deadliest-in-state-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> raged through the town of Paradise one year later.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12020988,news_12020918,news_12020835\"]“We’ve learned that redundancy is really important,” says Hancock., whose job is to help community members stay prepared with the latest information. “But a lot of times we’re in the field, and we just can’t get it out fast enough because our hands are just so busy in that moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire, the California state wildfire agency, cautions that there are “potential risks associated with sharing inaccurate information inadvertently.” In a statement to NPR, CalFire said that they prefer people \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit their website\u003c/a> for information and that platforms like Watch Duty “should not be regarded as official sources of information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hancock says she always recommends Watch Duty alongside more traditional information sources like local emergency notifications.”It’s just another tool, another way to get the information out,” she points out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not that many of us first responders, and even a smaller handful of us that have the ability to put out those communications, you know, through social media or just those critical alerts that go out,” Hancock explains. “Having another resource that is reaching so many in the community — it’s lifesaving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he performs the same service on Watch Duty, which he says is a better platform to get the right information into the right hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you follow people like me on Twitter, you kind of have to get everything that I post. Will it be a fire in Southern California? Will it be a fire in Siskiyou County all the way at the other end of the state?” he describes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Watch Duty, you can subscribe by county. It’s targeted information — it’s delivered to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a real-time operation, 24 hours a day,” says CEO Mills. “We talk to you through an app; we talk to you through your phones. But really we listen to radios, a 100-year-old technology,” he explains. “That’s really where you find out the most up-to-date, real-time intelligence. Because it actually is the firefighters doing the job in that moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"edTag\">An ‘amazing tool,’ as part of a toolbox\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Watch Duty has definitely filled a gap,” says Karen Hancock, Public Information Officer and Community Outreach Specialist for the Sonoma County Fire District, one of the first counties covered by the app when it launched in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter talks into a wireless with flames and other firefighters in the background.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-23-1536x1036.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch Duty gets close-to-real-time information by listening in to the radio communications of firefighters on the front lines. In remote areas where radio signals are weak, Watch Duty has started setting up its own transmission towers to help with firefighting efforts and to give its staff reporters a way of listening for updates. \u003ccite>(J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It has been an amazing tool for not only our public but for our firefighters and crews as well,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hancock’s community is no stranger to wildfires. In 2017, the fast-moving Tubbs Fire swept through the Coffey Park neighborhood in the middle of the night with no warning, killing 22 people and burning over 5,000 structures. At the time, it was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/10/16/656532029/getting-back-what-you-lost-rebuilding-in-a-wildfire-zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most destructive fire\u003c/a> in California history, but it soon became the second-most destructive after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667315613/californias-camp-fire-becomes-the-deadliest-in-state-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Fire\u003c/a> raged through the town of Paradise one year later.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We’ve learned that redundancy is really important,” says Hancock., whose job is to help community members stay prepared with the latest information. “But a lot of times we’re in the field, and we just can’t get it out fast enough because our hands are just so busy in that moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFire, the California state wildfire agency, cautions that there are “potential risks associated with sharing inaccurate information inadvertently.” In a statement to NPR, CalFire said that they prefer people \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit their website\u003c/a> for information and that platforms like Watch Duty “should not be regarded as official sources of information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hancock says she always recommends Watch Duty alongside more traditional information sources like local emergency notifications.”It’s just another tool, another way to get the information out,” she points out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not that many of us first responders, and even a smaller handful of us that have the ability to put out those communications, you know, through social media or just those critical alerts that go out,” Hancock explains. “Having another resource that is reaching so many in the community — it’s lifesaving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252370/california-wildfires-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More than 30,000 people in Los Angeles County have been ordered to evacuate\u003c/a> as the Palisades Fire, one of several wildfires that broke out on Tuesday morning, blazed through the Pacific Palisades community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, the fire has spread over more than 2,900 acres and threatened 13,000 structures; California Gov. Gavin Newsom said during an afternoon press conference that he’s already seen many of them destroyed. The fire remains uncontained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of firefighters have been battling the blaze on foot in the hillsides of the Santa Monica Mountains, where the fire originally broke out, as well as by plane, dropping water and flame retardant. In the Pacific Palisades community, thousands of people have scrambled to escape the flames. \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/fires-southern-california-gusty-winds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to LAist\u003c/a>, video footage showed drivers on the Pacific Coast Highway fleeing their cars to the ocean at the behest of officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, a second major wind-driven fire was burning Tuesday night in Los Angeles County as fierce Santa Ana winds roared across the region. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton Fire\u003c/a> had destroyed 400 acres in Altadena, north of Pasadena — an area bordering the Angeles National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuations \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Angeles_NF/status/1876832615484858622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been ordered\u003c/a>. “High winds were driving rapid fire growth, posing a significant threat to nearby communities and making containment efforts challenging,” CalFire \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire/updates/50a2ae08-439c-4864-bd5f-fbede1bc7e59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said\u003c/a>. “Firefighters are working aggressively to slow the spread and protect critical infrastructure under extreme conditions. The combination of low humidity, dry fuels, and shifting winds has heightened the potential for spot fires and rapid expansion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions were changing quickly Tuesday night as evacuation areas shifted alongside the fire. Officials warned that the Santa Ana winds were only going to get worse on Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, reaching 100 mph or more. The National Weather Service warned of a “particularly dangerous situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Very strong gusts and low relative humidity will allow any fires that develop to spread VERY rapidly,” the agency added. On Wednesday, that’s predicted to affect Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find the latest information about the fire’s reach and damage \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/fires-southern-california-gusty-winds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from member station LAist\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A lone woman on a beach looks over her shoulder at a massive plume of smoke in the near distance.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lone sunbather sits and watches a large plume of smoke from a wildfire rise over the Pacific Palisades in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighter points hose at flames, surrounded by orange glowing smoke.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire around a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020924\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Man pushes an older woman sitting in a shopping cart away from a plume of smoke along the sidewalk of a beach.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Krausse pushes his mother-in-law in a shopping cart as they evacuate from their home in the Pacific Palisades after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames engulf a wooded area.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020926\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 200 acres were burning in Pacific Palisades, an upscale spot with multimillion-dollar homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, shuttering a key highway and blanketing the area with thick smoke. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020929\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"People fleeing among cars with a tree and orange smoky haze and flames in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020933\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A young man runs with a worries face past cars on a city street with smoke in the distance.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person flees from an advancing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020935\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames engulfing a wooded area and structures with a tree in the foreground.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters stage in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020936\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A plume of smoke covers the sun glowing orange above firefighters working with tools to contain the fire.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020938\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The wreckage of the foyer of a house with the second floor completely collapsed and a stairway still on fire.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter passes a house with its roof on fire in a suburban street.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A residence burns as a firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Eugene Garcia/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020945\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of a home with furniture all ablaze and more flames seen on the street out of the living room window.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter jumps over a low wall and toward a burning house.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames in foreground with untouched houses behind and and pristine lawns.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020950\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters protect structures from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames and smoke on hilltops on the outskirts of Los Angeles, seen from downtown.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plumes of smoke are seen as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, as seen from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A luxurious swimming pool and manicured lawns with high flames and plumes of smoke only a few hundred yards away.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations Tuesday as ‘life threatening’ winds whipped the region. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A city street with houses and a church, flames rising behind them, and a person walking in the street in the foreground.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passerby walks across the street in Sierra Madre as fire burns in the background. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A suburban street with strong flames encroaching.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fire is seen in Altadena. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"excerpt": "Fueled by intense Santa Ana winds, the Palisades fire has spread over more than 2,900 acres and threatened 13,000 structures. It remains uncontained.",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, a second major wind-driven fire was burning Tuesday night in Los Angeles County as fierce Santa Ana winds roared across the region. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eaton Fire\u003c/a> had destroyed 400 acres in Altadena, north of Pasadena — an area bordering the Angeles National Forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evacuations \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Angeles_NF/status/1876832615484858622\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been ordered\u003c/a>. “High winds were driving rapid fire growth, posing a significant threat to nearby communities and making containment efforts challenging,” CalFire \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/1/7/eaton-fire/updates/50a2ae08-439c-4864-bd5f-fbede1bc7e59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said\u003c/a>. “Firefighters are working aggressively to slow the spread and protect critical infrastructure under extreme conditions. The combination of low humidity, dry fuels, and shifting winds has heightened the potential for spot fires and rapid expansion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions were changing quickly Tuesday night as evacuation areas shifted alongside the fire. Officials warned that the Santa Ana winds were only going to get worse on Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, reaching 100 mph or more. The National Weather Service warned of a “particularly dangerous situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Very strong gusts and low relative humidity will allow any fires that develop to spread VERY rapidly,” the agency added. On Wednesday, that’s predicted to affect Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can find the latest information about the fire’s reach and damage \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/fires-southern-california-gusty-winds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from member station LAist\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A lone woman on a beach looks over her shoulder at a massive plume of smoke in the near distance.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lone sunbather sits and watches a large plume of smoke from a wildfire rise over the Pacific Palisades in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighter points hose at flames, surrounded by orange glowing smoke.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter battles the advancing Palisades Fire around a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020924\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Man pushes an older woman sitting in a shopping cart away from a plume of smoke along the sidewalk of a beach.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Krausse pushes his mother-in-law in a shopping cart as they evacuate from their home in the Pacific Palisades after a wildfire swept through their neighborhood in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames engulf a wooded area.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns a property in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020926\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 200 acres were burning in Pacific Palisades, an upscale spot with multimillion-dollar homes in the Santa Monica Mountains, shuttering a key highway and blanketing the area with thick smoke. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020929\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020929\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"People fleeing among cars with a tree and orange smoky haze and flames in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People flee from the advancing Palisades Fire, by car and on foot, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020933\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A young man runs with a worries face past cars on a city street with smoke in the distance.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person flees from an advancing wildfire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020935\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames engulfing a wooded area and structures with a tree in the foreground.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters stage in front of the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020936\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020936\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A plume of smoke covers the sun glowing orange above firefighters working with tools to contain the fire.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020938\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020938\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The wreckage of the foyer of a house with the second floor completely collapsed and a stairway still on fire.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-11-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020942\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020942\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter passes a house with its roof on fire in a suburban street.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A residence burns as a firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Eugene Garcia/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020945\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of a home with furniture all ablaze and more flames seen on the street out of the living room window.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-13-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palisades Fire burns a residence in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A firefighter jumps over a low wall and toward a burning house.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighter jumps over a fence while fighting the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames in foreground with untouched houses behind and and pristine lawns.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-15-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flames rise as the Palisades Fire advances on homes in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020950\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters protect structures from the advancing Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Etienne Laurent/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Flames and smoke on hilltops on the outskirts of Los Angeles, seen from downtown.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-17-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plumes of smoke are seen as a brush fire burns in Pacific Palisades, as seen from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Agustin Paullier/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020955\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A luxurious swimming pool and manicured lawns with high flames and plumes of smoke only a few hundred yards away.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned buildings and sparked evacuations Tuesday as ‘life threatening’ winds whipped the region. \u003ccite>(David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020958\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A city street with houses and a church, flames rising behind them, and a person walking in the street in the foreground.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-19-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passerby walks across the street in Sierra Madre as fire burns in the background. \u003ccite>(Josie Huang/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A suburban street with strong flames encroaching.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-20-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:15 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Massive wildfires roaring through \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-southern-california-santa-ana-winds-c48661615061eb631784b666cddfa4ac\">the Los Angeles area\u003c/a> left neighborhoods in ruins Wednesday, threatening landmarks made famous by Hollywood as desperate residents escaped through flames that spread out of control with help from hurricane-force winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/live/pacific-palisades-fire-updates-los-angeles\">Los Angeles Times reports\u003c/a> that the death toll from the fires is now up to at least 5 people with 1,100 structures burned as of 3 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three major blazes that erupted just a day earlier grew substantially while winds scattered embers far and wide. The fires blanketed the city with a thick cloud of smoke and ash and destroyed homes across the metropolitan area, from the Pacific Coast inland to Pasadena, home of the famed Rose Parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the fires was the most destructive in the modern history of the city of LA and reduced grocery stores and banks to rubble, leveling entire blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With thousands of firefighters already attacking the flames, the Los Angeles Fire Department put out a plea for off-duty and out-of-state firefighters to help. The winds temporarily stopped aircraft from dumping water from above until they were able to resume flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/FremontFire/status/1877123067119563057\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Images of the devastation showed luxurious homes that collapsed in a whirlwind of flaming embers. Swimming pools were blackened with soot, and sports cars slumped on melted tires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This morning, we woke up to a dark cloud over all of Los Angeles. But it is darkest for those who are most intimately impacted by these fires. It has been an immensely painful 24 hours,” LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Key updates\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Evacuation orders\u003c/strong> issued for some densely populated areas of \u003cstrong>Santa Monica\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Over \u003cstrong>1.5 million people\u003c/strong> in Southern California are without power\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Already crowded hospitals now contend with medical emergencies from \u003cstrong>smoke inhalation\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For roughly 15 hours, water systems faced four times more than normal demand, lowering water pressure and causing some fire \u003cstrong>hydrants to run dry\u003c/strong>, according to officials from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>County officials urge residents to \u003cstrong>conserve water\u003c/strong> for firefighters\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003cstrong>LA Metro suspended fares\u003c/strong> on Wednesday after intermittent power outages made it difficult for riders to purchase and load fare cards.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The NHL has \u003cstrong>postponed\u003c/strong> the Los Angeles Kings’ home game against the Calgary Flames.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003cstrong>Critics Choice Awards\u003c/strong> have been postponed until Jan. 26\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The voting window for \u003cstrong>Academy Awards\u003c/strong> nominations has been extended\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Altadena Golf Course, Will Rogers’ historic home, and the iconic Reel Inn fish market off Pacific Coast Highway have been destroyed.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/brittny_mejia/status/1877122891248025683\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Wildfire locations are sourced from \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/\">Cal Fire\u003c/a> and updated multiple times per day. Perimeters are based on thermal hotspot and fire activity detected by \u003ca href=\"https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/instruments/viirs\">NASA’s VIIRS satellites\u003c/a>. Click on each fire icon for more incident-specific detail.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://kqedsf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=c7285ba9ce524bbba6c689e96d013112\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Like ‘living inside of a fireplace’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At least 70,000 people were ordered to evacuate — a number that kept changing because evacuation orders were continually being issued, officials said. The flames marched toward highly populated and affluent neighborhoods, including Calabasas and Santa Monica, home to California’s rich and famous. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-los-angeles-celebrities-1337e6e1f6d631aa931684ad185310cd\">Hollywood stars\u003c/a>, including Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore and James Woods, were among those forced to flee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Palisades Village, the public library, two major grocery stores, a pair of banks and several boutiques were destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/JonVigliotti/status/1877020919475884110\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just really weird coming back to somewhere that doesn’t really exist anymore,” said Dylan Vincent, who returned to the neighborhood to retrieve some items and saw that his elementary school had burned down and that whole blocks had been flattened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fires have consumed a total of about 42 square miles (108 square kilometers) — nearly the size of the entire city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jennie Girardo, a 39-year-old producer and director from Pasadena, said she was alarmed when her neighbor came to check on her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I opened my door, it smelled like I was living inside of a fireplace,” she said. “Then I also started to see the ash. And I’ve never seen that in my life. Like raining ash.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fast-moving flames allowed little time to escape\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Flames moved so quickly that many barely had time to escape. Police sought shelter inside their patrol cars, and residents at a senior living center were pushed in wheelchairs and hospital beds down a street to safety in the foothills northeast of LA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the fires ripped through the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-pacific-palisades-celebrity-20fbace2f7cd66441942674ffb5c75da\">Pacific Palisades\u003c/a> neighborhood, a hillside area along the coast dotted with celebrity homes and memorialized by the Beach Boys in their 1960s hit “Surfin’ USA.” In the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfiresafetyevacuationtipsmap-1b3bdaa19fc990bceacd60cf074eda41\">race to get to safety\u003c/a>, roadways became impassable when scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags,” said Kelsey Trainor, who escaped while ash fell all around and fires burned on both sides of the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://x.com/EthanSwopePhoto/status/1876938628909125720\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Higher temperatures and less rain mean a longer fire season\u003cbr>\nCalifornia’s wildfire season typically begins in June or July and runs through October, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/california-fire-season-in-depth-guide/#:~:text=Fires%20are%20possible%20throughout%20the,June)%20and%20runs%20until%20October.\">Western Fire Chiefs Association\u003c/a>, but January wildfires are not unprecedented. There was one in 2022 and 10 in 2021, according to CalFire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The season is beginning earlier and ending later due to rising temperatures and decreased rainfall tied to climate change, according to recent data. Rains that usually end fire season are often delayed, meaning fires can burn through the winter months, the association said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dry winds, including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/santa-ana-winds-california-0b2c68cdc29a7c354238c6ccc09c830c\">the notorious Santa Anas\u003c/a>, have contributed to warmer-than-average temperatures in Southern California, which has not seen more than 0.1 inches (0.25 centimeters) of rain since early May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The winds increased to 80 mph (129 kph) Wednesday, according to reports received by the National Weather Service, and could top 100 mph (160 kph) in mountains and foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Landmarks get scorched and studios suspend production\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden pledged to sign a federal emergency declaration after arriving at a Santa Monica fire station for a briefing with Gov. 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The National Weather service said it could be the strongest \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-risk-winds-143f37204f2db129444818a9adb1ce0f\">Santa Ana windstorm\u003c/a> in more than a decade across Los Angeles and Ventura counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly half a million utility customers were at risk of having their \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-utilities-fires-weather-california-48e0e49b25ae819cfd70b2ce2ea1d29e\">power shut off\u003c/a> to reduce the risk of equipment sparking blazes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in western Los Angeles, a fire swiftly consumed nearly 2 square miles (just over 5 square kilometers) of land, sending up a dramatic plume of smoke visible across the city. Residents in Venice Beach, some 6 miles (10 kilometers) away, reported seeing the flames. It was one of several blazes across the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sections of Interstate 10 and the scenic Pacific Coast Highway were closed to all non-essential traffic to aid in evacuation efforts. But other roads were blocked. Some residents jumped out of their vehicles to get out of danger and waited to be picked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Kelsey Trainor said the only road in and out of her neighborhood was completely blocked. Ash fell all around them while fires burned on both sides of the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We looked across and the fire had jumped from one side of the road to the other side of the road,” Trainor said. “People were getting out of the cars with their dogs and babies and bags, they were crying and screaming. The road was just blocked, like full-on blocked for an hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Associated Press journalist saw a roof and chimney of one home in flames and another residence where the walls were burning. 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