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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 driver of a vehicle that struck a tanker truck on the 134 Freeway, leading to a massive fire, was cited for a DUI and has been released. -
A fire ripped through a historic Hollywood recording studio overnight, and investigators are looking into the cause of the damaging blaze. The fire at 1041 Productions located at 1041 N. Orange Drive was first reported around 7 p.m. Monday night, and took firefighters 20 minutes to extinguish. -
At least three people were shot at a burning home in East Hollywood today. Firefighters were dispatched to the burning home at 517 Harvard Blvd. just before 1pm this afternoon. -
A family in Sherman Oaks lost their home last night, while they were gathered to celebrate orthodox Christmas. -
UPDATE: 1:43 PM The LAFD report that the "stubborn" fire has been put out. No injuries were reported. The Los Angeles Fire Department is on the scene at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood, where a fire broke out in an attic space. -
It's the beginning of autumn and you know what that means: we're sliding into fire season. Tonight it's not wind but dry lightning storms that are raising red flags in mountain communities, according to the Los Angeles Times.
