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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 district had said nearly 200 trees needed to be removed to clean up contaminated soil. -
One teenager has spent hours perched in a threatened oak in protest. The district’s goal is to finish the work before students return from summer break. -
The fire was reported just west of the 5 Freeway shortly about 4:20 p.m. and prompted evacuation orders and warnings. -
A recent study led by a UC Riverside ecologist finds that fungi that help Joshua trees absorb water and nutrients are thriving in an area of the desert that burned in 2020. -
Los Angeles and California fire officials and experts warn that El Niño storms could lead to flooding and mudslides in burned areas. -
Prosecutors accuse Jonathan Rinderknecht of setting the Lachman Fire, which would eventually spark the Palisades Fire.
