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Wildfire Updates
As wildfires continue to impact our communities, LAist, PBS SoCal, KCRW, and CalMatters have come together to deliver free, reliable local news and updates. Daily to start. Less frequent as conditions improve.
Wildfire Updates is a new newsletter from LAist, PBS SoCal, KCRW and CalMatters that helps Southern Californians make sense of our catastrophic wildfires.
LAist’s Wildfire Coverage
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The first storm of the rainy season is expected to hit Wednesday night, on the heels of last week’s fire weather. -
The whistleblower complaint alleged a county employee was asleep on the job during the fire and that the county fraudulently sought FEMA reimbursements. -
All evacuation orders have been lifted, though authorities caution that some areas remain unsafe as crews continue to suppress the fire. -
All evacuation warnings and orders have been lifted for the fire that started Thursday and burned 146 acres. -
A fire at Camp Pendleton has prompted evacuation orders and a brief closure of the 5 Freeway. -
Firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the Peak Fire, which ignited Thursday afternoon north of San Gabriel Canyon Road in Azusa and burned about 50 acres.
