What causes mudslides, and what can be done to lessen the danger?
Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have been particularly lethal in parts of California where landscape, climate, we ...
Los Angeles Endures Heavy Rain but Appears to Avoid Major Landslides
More than 100 homes were under mandatory evacuation orders in the city of Los Angeles, Jim McDonnell, the Los Angeles police ...
Cal Fire begins releasing new state-mandated maps showing highest fire hazard areas
Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for dozens of cities and towns in inland Northern California. All but one saw an ...
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Traffic evacuation study finds Sonoma Valley roads can’t handle emergency exodus
The SAFE Report, an evacuation traffic study commissioned by the Valley of the Moon Alliance, finds it could take anywhere from four to nine hours to evacuate Sonoma Valley residents during a wildfire ...
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Scientific research, school budgets under attack
A person uses their laptop at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2022. Photo by Raquel Natalicchio for Following President Donald Trump’s directive in January to temporarily freeze certain ...
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Sonoma Firefighters at Palisades Fire
Valley Chief Brian Cyr Leads Fire Line Saving former Sonoman’s Neighborhood By Anna Pier Eight firefighters and two engines ...
2 dead in storm-related incidents in Sonoma County within last 24 hours
Two people have been found dead in Sonoma County in less than 24 hours from the effects of the atmospheric river storm ...
'Pineapple express' storm arrives in Southern California after pounding the Bay Area
The first of two "pineapple express" storms has arrived in Southern California after delivering a stronger-than-expected ...
California weather: Evacuations ordered as Russian River rapidly rises
The atmospheric river storm hitting Northern California brought heavy rain, flooding and mudslides to the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday. In the mountains, the National Weather Service has issued ...
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The LA County Fires Devastated Homes In The Wildland Urban Interface. Here’s What That Is.
By Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, ...
California should expedite rules that could have helped mitigate L.A. fires, lawmakers say
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...