California Fires

Yosemite Wildfire Forces Campgrounds To Evacuate

SFGate | Casey Newton, Chronicle Staff Writer | Posted 10.28.2011

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By TRACIE CONE, Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters relied on a giant air tanker to make steady progress Monday against a five-day...

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Massive Six-Alarm Fire Erupts At Fairfield Plastics Plant

AP | Posted 09.25.2011

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FAIRFIELD, Calif. — A fire at a plastics company sent black smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the air Tuesday, but officials said no buildin...

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Extreme Heat, Lightning Spark 15 Local Fires

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Southern California was sweltering in triple-digit heat as monsoonal thunderstorms helped spark several brush fires. Fire o...

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A Clockwork Apocalypse: The Southern California Wildfire

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Can we change our land-use patterns and fire-safety behavior to avoid tragic deaths and property loss during these wildfires, and reduce the millions of dollars spent fighting them?

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California Fire's Smoke Reaches Colorado, Makes Mountain Invisible From Denver

The Denver Post | Howard Pankratz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The smoke over Colorado -- which has made the mountains west of Denver invisible from downtown Denver -- has come directly from the massive 85,000-acr...

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What Dangerous Particles Did LA Residents Breathe During The Fires?

LA Times | Bettina Boxall | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Los Angeles times reports on some Californians' worst fears -- that the wildfires put something bad in the air: It was full of tiny particles -- ...

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1 killed in Calif. fires; more Guard troops coming

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARADISE, Calif. — One person was found dead inside a burned-out house Friday after a wind-fueled wildfire swept through a rural community in th...

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Firefighters Battle More Than 300 Wildfires In California

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried...

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Big Sur Wildfire Forcing Evacuations

AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 05.25.2011

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BIG SUR, Calif. — Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the s...

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California Wildfires: More Evacuations Ordered In Big Sur As Fire Jumps Line

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BIG SUR, Calif. — Authorities are urging residents to evacuate most of the community of Big Sur on the California coast because a wildfire burni...

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Fire Unexpectedly Worsens In California As Big Sur Is Evacuated

New York Times | Jesse McKinley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Facing a stubborn fire, California officials ordered the evacuation of Big Sur on Wednesday as flames flared on nearby mountaintops and moved steadily...

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1,400 California Wildfires Burning With No Relief In Sight

AP | SCOTT LINDLAW | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — With hundreds of wildfires raging across remote, rugged parts of California for a second week, fire officials have been forced t...

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STALEMATE: Firefighters Battling More Than 1,000 Wildfires In California

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters in Northern California battled more than a thousand wildfires to a stalemate by Sunday, but forecasters said danger...

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Hundreds Of California Wildfires Force Thousands To Evacuate

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of wildfires sparked by lightning flared Sunday across the heart of wine country and remote forests in Northern Califor...

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BeckWatch: Californication

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just in time for the holidays comes the gift that everyone needed: a book with a grown man fellating the state of California on its cover.

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Wildfire Engulfs Homes Above Malibu

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy enclave for the second time in little more th...

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Fake FEMA Reporters Promoted

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Oct. 23, the day of FEMA's now infamous phony news conference, the agency's former external affairs chief, Pat Philbin, announced plans to promote ...

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Could Fire Destruction Have Been Avoided?

AP | Aaron C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Several aircraft were able to fly in strong winds on the first full day of last month's Southern California firestorms, contradicting officials' earli...

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White House Condemns FEMA's Fake News Conference

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House scolded the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday for staging a phony news conference about assistance to victims of wildfires...

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving: Perino Terms A Deliberate Attempt To Mislead The Press "An Error In Judgement"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino had to take up the issue of FEMA's decision to stage a Potemkin press conference on the agency's re...

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BeckWatch: The Gleefully Inane 'Hate America' Rationale

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's unbelievable that anyone would stoop low enough to insult those caught in the clutches of nature's fury, yet that is precisely what Glenn Beck, of the most trusted name in news, did.

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Marie Osmond Blames Fainting Spell On California Fires

Access Hollywood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Osmond said she now suspects that the fires may have contributed to her temporary loss of consciousness. "The air quality is really bad and I have al...

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BeckWatch: Pink-Eyed View of Code Pink

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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As we've already seen, whenever CNN's Glenn Beck finds himself straining to maintain the surfeit on inanity his employers ask him to dispense, it's ok...

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Things We Lost In the Fire: 'Anti-Katrina' Efforts A Day Late and a Dollar Short

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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While he's yet to offer his amply-demonstrated brush-clearing skills to Californians in need, President Bush is bound and determined to make the California Wildfires the 'anti-Katrina.' At least that's what the wee-bit-late-to-the-story New York Times will have you believe.

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Right On Cue, God Assigned Credit For Wildfires

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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When we tuned in this morning, the thought occurred to me, "It's only a matter of time before one of our leading lights of religious extremism tells us that these wildfires are God's doing." And sure enough, Pat Robertson stepped up to deliver.

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