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Hill, Woolsey fires threaten Southern California

By AirTalk Staff

Published Nov 9, 2018 9:52 AM

PORTER RANCH, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 09: The Woolsey Fire is seen looking towards the west valley area on November 9, 2018 in Porter Ranch, California. About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Fast-growing fires along the 101 freeway are forcing evacuations in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The two separate fires, Hill and Woolsey, are being fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and have destroyed homes and closed freeways.We check in with city officials and reporters to get the latest.

Hill, Woolsey fires threaten Southern California

Fast-growing fires along the 101 freeway are forcing evacuations in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. The two separate fires, Hill and Woolsey, are being fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and have destroyed homes and closed freeways. We check in with city officials and reporters to get the latest.

Hill, Woolsey fires threaten Southern California

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Hill, Woolsey fires threaten Southern California

Fast-growing fires along the 101 freeway are forcing evacuations in Ventura and Los Angeles counties.

The two separate fires, Hill and Woolsey, are being fueled by strong Santa Ana winds and have destroyed homes and closed freeways. The Hill fire first broke out yesterday just after 2 p.m and was followed shortly after by the Woolsey fire. Mandatory evacuations have been enacted from the Ventura County to Malibu Canyon, including Agoura Hills, Calabasas and Westlake Village.

We check in with city officials and reporters to get the latest.

Guests:

Tom Kruschke, PIO, Ventura County Fire Department

Captain Tony Imbrenda, PIO for the Woolsey Fire, from the Los Angeles Fire Department

Captain Eric Scott, PIO for the Woolsey fire

Scott McLean, deputy chief with CalFire

William D Koehler, Mayor of Agoura Hills

Susan Dueñas, City of Malibu public safety manager

Laura Rosenthal, councilmember, city of Malibu

Hans Laetz, general manager of RadioMalibu KBUU 99.1

Emily Sawicki, managing editor of the Malibu Times; she tweets

Tweets by emily_sawicki

Brian Cummings, retired Fire Chief of the Los Angeles City Fire Department

Caleigh Wells, reporter for KPCC

John Sepulvado, host of The California Report on KQED, our sister NPR affiliate in San Francisco

Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, education correspondent at KPCC, currently covering the fire in Malibu; he tweets

Tweets by AGuzmanLopez

Emily Dugdale, reporter for KPCC

Mark Schwartz, environmental science professor at UC Davis where he studies fire ecology, climate change and response

Marti Witter, fire ecologist for the National park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Daniel Swain, climate scientist at UCLA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research; he tweets

Tweets by Weather_West

Jo Kay Ghosh, health effects officer at the South Coast Air Quality Management District

Karin Grennan, Media Relations Manager, at Cal Lutheran University

FilmWeek: ‘The Grinch,’ ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web,’ ‘Overlord’ and more

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FilmWeek: ‘The Grinch,’ ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web,’ ‘Overlord’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Tim Cogshell and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases

"The Grinch" in wide release
"The Girl in the Spiders Web" in wide release
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" at the Landmark Theater and streaming on Netflix next Friday 11/16
"Overlord" in wide relaese
"In a Relationship" at the Vintage Los Feliz Theatre
"The Delinquent Season" at Arena Cinelounge Sunset
"El Angel" at the Landmark Nuart Theatre
"Liz and the Blue Bird" in select theatres (check local listings)
"Searching for Ingmar Bergman" at Laemmle's Royal Theatre & Edwards Westpark