On Thursday, Jan. 9, a Super Scooper firefighting plane was grounded after it collided with a drone illegally flying over the Palisades fire area. The aircraft, which can drop 1,600 gallons of water at a time and replenish its supply in five minutes, will likely be out of use for the remainder of the Palisades fire.
The Palisades Fire, already one of the most destructive natural disasters in Los Angeles history, set its sights on yet another neighborhood on Saturday. Ground and
A number of videos have been shared on social media showing the Palisades fire, the most destructive in Los Angeles' history, making its way toward the populated San Fernando Valley with mandatory evacuation orders in place.
The Palisades fire grew to 21,596 acres overnight, with evacuations expanding rapidly in Encino, Tarzana and Brentwood as flames lit up ridge lines and threatened homes in Mandeville Canyon. Six helicopters flew throughout the night, dropping water on the blaze as it entered its 5th day Saturday.
Firefighters were slowly making progress in their battle to contain the inferno that has razed swathes of Los Angeles' Pacific Palisades neighborhood to the ground, but still-spreading flames threatened communities in the populous San Fernando Valley on Sunday.
Elsewhere in L.A. County, firefighters gained the upper hand on smaller wildfires — showing how, with milder winds, the ability to drop water on flames using aircraft can play a major role in limiting a fire’s spread.
LOS ANGELES could face “explosive fire growth” in the coming days as blazing wildfires threaten to burn through more A-list neighborhoods. Firefighters have been tirelessly fighting
Despite new evacuation orders overnight in Brentwood and parts of the San Fernando Valley, firefighters made more progress ... Sunset Boulevard and Skirball Center Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. The fire siege in Los Angeles County ...
Sands said he is on the California Fair ... Recreation Center and the Brentwood Country Club. Additional evacuation shelters were opened in the San Fernando Valley: The Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks ...
Updating maps of Southern California show where wildfires, including the Palisades and Eaton fires, are burning across Los Angeles.
With so many displaced, people are offering double, triple the rent, “offering to pay six months rent up front.”
There’s always something to do in the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles, but check in advance to make sure these events have not been cancelled or postponed.