LOS ANGELES: Raging wildfires surrounding the city spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, intensifying an already dire situation. At least five people have died, and hundreds of homes have been destroyed as firefighting efforts struggle against relentless conditions. The fires, now numbering six across Los Angeles County, have forced over 100,000 residents to evacuate. […]
A man decided to do an impromptu performance to lift California resident’s spirits in the midst of the wildfire evacuations. As they waited for the congestion to clear up, Tahoe resident Mel Smothers surprised everyone with his violin. Social media users said that the situation reminded them of the scene from the film Titanic where […]
Southern California Edison, the region’s primary electricity supplier, said its equipment may have sparked a fast-moving wildfire that forced evacuation orders for some 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent just such a possibility. A smoky […]
Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming’s role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blamed lax forestry and declared, “I don’t think science knows.” Dozens of conflagrations have raged with unprecedented scope across some 4.5 million acres in Oregon, California and […]
