Full Coverage: California Wildfires
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Off the Wires
- Southern California faces summer power challenge: NERC Reuters - Wed May 14, 4:54 PM ET
- Crews spend third day fighting California wildfire Reuters - Mon Apr 28, 5:53 PM ET
- California wildfire forces 1,000 to evacuate Reuters - Mon Apr 28, 7:59 AM ET
- Schools cancel classes as California fires rage AFP - Mon Apr 28, 6:52 AM ET
News Stories
- 5 California Men Are Charged in Fire That Burned 53 Homes in California at The New York Times - Fri, Dec 14, 2007
- High winds fail to pack punch at The Los Angeles Times - Thu, Nov 29, 2007
- Malibu Fire Is Largely Contained at The New York Times - Mon, Nov 26, 2007
- Firefighters gain ground in Malibu: Conditions help tame wind, fire at San Francisco Chronicle - Mon, Nov 26, 2007
- Planning, weather were among the fire breaks at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Nov 26, 2007
Feature Articles
- Danger comes with the scenery when you live in fire-prone area at San Francisco Chronicle - Mon, Nov 26, 2007
- Fire retardants that protect the home at The Los Angeles Times - Sun, Nov 25, 2007
- O.C. fire victims get anonymous $1-million gift at The Los Angeles Times - Wed, Nov 14, 2007
- FEMA hustles to clean up its image at The Los Angeles Times - Tue, Nov 13, 2007
- California's natural born killers at BBC - Wed, Oct 31, 2007
- Wildfires By The Numbers at KGTV San Diego - Tue, Oct 30, 2007
Opinion & Editorials
- The Ghost of Brownie at The Washington Post - Tue, Oct 30, 2007
- Adding Up Devastation For Californian Homes... at The Wall Street Journal - Fri, Oct 26, 2007
- California Wildfires Expose Pitfalls Of Iraq War at The Huffington Post - Thu, Oct 25, 2007
- Thanks with a caveat at San Diego Union-Tribune - Thu, Oct 25, 2007
- Fires spark new energy questions at North County Times - Thu, Oct 25, 2007
- Working together at San Diego Union-Tribune - Thu, Oct 25, 2007
Related Web Sites
- Fire Weather Forecasts
- From the National Weather Service.
- Wildland Fire Assessment System
- Information about fire weather for the United States. Includes fire danger, greeness and drought maps.
- FEMA: Wildfire Fact Sheets
- Find out how to protect yourself from wildfire. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Firewise
- Created for people who live or vacation in fire prone areas of North America to acquaint them with the challenges of living around interface/intermix wildfire.
- NASA Global Fire Monitoring
- Includes satellite imagery, and sections on the state of the science, fire emissions, satellite systems, and regional examples.
GET HELP OR ASSIST FIRE VICTIMS
- Southern California Fires Resource Page - displaced and missing person registries/locators, fire updates and advisories, and information on how to donate or volunteer for disaster relief.
LOCAL NEWS & FIRE ADVISORIES
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IN THE BLOGS
MAPS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY
- San Diego county fires at KPBS via Google Maps
- Fire locations at LA Times via Google Maps
- S. California fire danger at CEFA
- Satellite: Albedo loop at NOAA
- Satellite: Visible loop at NOAA
Audio
- Five Arrested for Malibu Fire at NPR - Fri, Dec 14, 2007
- Some Daily Rhythms Return to Southern California at NPR - Fri, Nov 02, 2007
- California Plans for Future Wildfire Control at NPR - Fri, Nov 02, 2007
Video
- Boy admits starting wildfire Fri, Nov 02, 2007
- Arson Suspects Tue, Oct 30, 2007
- Evacuees Leave S.D. Stadium To Head Home Fri, Oct 26, 2007