The cause of this week’s brush fire was still unknown, an official said.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted Fire Chief Kristin Crowley amid finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall over responsibility for the deadly wildfires.
B.J. Novak, best known for portraying Ryan Howard on NBC’s “The Office” for eight years, visited the Plaza on Wednesday.
Dave Matthews and John Mayer are to perform together for the first time at “FireAid,” a benefit event to help those affected by the California wildfires.
The team is providing in-kind donations and corporate partnership contributions, along with cash for a total of $270,000, the Raiders announced Wednesday.
A fast-moving fire broke out in the hills above Hollywood Boulevard and threatened some of the most popular Los Angeles tourist spots.
Evacuation warnings and orders are still in place as firefighters “mop-up” debris and smaller fires.
Evacuation orders have been extended to include South Reno as heavy winds grow the blaze and stifle some firefighting efforts on Wednesday.
Though there’s some containment, winds of more than 40 mph are expected to cause the fire to grow rapidly and move at least three miles.
The Gold Ranch Fire was 80 percent contained on Wednesday, officials said — a dramatic jump from the 8 percent containment figure reported Tuesday.
The Gold Ranch Fire has reached 674 acres, and evacuation warnings were in place Monday afternoon in Verdi.
Firefighters revealed the date by which they expect to fully contain the wildfire that erupted in the Mojave National Preserve and spread into Nevada.
The wildfire that has spread from California into Southern Nevada threatens to disrupt the fragile ecosystem in the Mojave National Preserve.
Firefighters took advantage of the calmer weather conditions to make aerial water drops and had contained three-quarters of the fire on Mount Charleston by Friday evening.
PG&E Corp. filed for bankruptcy this year citing billions of dollars in expected losses, mostly from lawsuits.