Wind-whipped wildfire blew through communities of every socioeconomic status and stripe, merging, psychically if not physically, into a kind of mega-catastrophe.
Day: January 8, 2025
By Jackie Luna, Joe Brock and Matt McKnight LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Raging wildfires surrounding Los Angeles spread to the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday, after five other fires in the area killed at least five people, destroyed hundreds of homes and stretched firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit. More than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate as dry, hurricane-force winds
“Leave now,” read the lawful order on Wednesday, asking people living in Hollywood to evacuate as a new fire erupted just a few hundred meters from Hollywood Boulevard.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday canceled the final overseas trip of his presidency just hours before he was set to depart for Rome and the Vatican, choosing to remain in Washington to monitor the response to devastating fires raging in California.
President Joe Biden will no longer travel to Rome, Italy, the White House announced Wednesday, canceling a scheduled trip in the final days of his presidency to monitor raging wildfires across the Los Angeles, California, area.
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The NFL announced on Wednesday that there is a contingency plan in place for the Vikings vs. Rams playoff game. The wildfires in the Los Angeles area are creating some problems for Monday’s playoff game, set to be played in Englewood, California. The fire is located in Santa Monica which […]
New evacuations ordered in Los Angeles after a fire ignites in the Hollywood Hills and quickly spreads.
People living in the heart of historic Hollywood were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as a new fire erupted just a few hundred meters (yards) from Hollywood Boulevard.
Biden and Harris campaign battleground director Dan Kanninen said Wednesday that President Biden being on the presidential ticket wouldn’t have changed the outcome of the 2024 election. “I think th…
Donald Trump charmed Senate Republicans during a meeting Wednesday night with a laissez-faire offensive. While the president-elect doubled down on his desire for Congress to present him with “one big, beautiful bill” to implement his immigration, tax and other initiatives, he also left senators with the impression that he’s allowing them to do their jobs. “It was a really good meeting, very strong, and we’ll get something done,” Trump told reporters when he left a more than 90-minute meeting in