Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California’s Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park subdivision, a suburban enclave similar to Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fire destroyed about 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa and the surrounding area in…
What remains of Chef Daniel Shemtob’s home destroyed by the Palisades Fire is seen, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California | Photo Credit: AP Parched Southern California continued to face dangerous winds but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, forecasters said Tuesday (January 22, 2025), dampening…
Leonardo DiCaprio attends a basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons in the second half at Crypto.com Arena on December 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. | Photo Credit: RONALD MARTINEZ Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio has announced a donation of USD 1 million to aid the ongoing wildfire relief and recovery…
Burning palm trees and multi-million-dollar mansions turned into ash make an unforgettable symbol of the damage climate change is wreaking. An even greater toll, however, will be counted in lives cut short not by the violence of a wildfire, but by the slow poisoning unleashed by its flames. Particulates permeate the air we breathe, whether…
U.S. swimmer Gary Hall Jr. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “American former swimmer Gary Hall Jr. is set to receive replicas of the 10 Olympic medals he lost in the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed his home,” International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has said. Mr. Hall represented the United States at the 1996,…
Firefighters watch as water is dropped on the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: AP Five days after an inferno razed Pacific Palisades, Maya Lieberman is desperate to find somewhere to live. But unscrupulous landlords who are jacking up prices are making it hard. “The…
Aerial views of Los Angeles ravaged by fires | Video Credit: The Hindu The massive wildfires in California engulfed whole neighbourhoods in Los Angeles, the second-largest city in USA. At least ten people have been killed, and thousands displaced. Officials have placed the origin of the wind-whipped blaze behind a home on Piedra Morada Drive,…
Actor Priyanka Chopra | Photo Credit: AFP The most destructive, the Palisades fire, is spreading rapidly across Los Angeles, with homes destroyed and major roads closed. Actor Priyanka Chopra, who is living in Los Angeles, has reacted to the incident and raised concerns about the safety of residents. On Wednesday (January 8, 205), Priyanka shared…
