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Wildfires in California

Napa Valley Fire Threatens Homes, Wineries

About 100 Residents Evacuated From Wildfire In California's Wine Country Photo essays, the worst U.S. fires, facts on fire science and health issues. (AP) Hundreds of firefighters are battling a fast-growing wildfire that is...

News Minute: Merger talks...Credit crisis meetings...Off the blacklist

Associated Press - October 11, 2008 12:53 PM ET DETROIT (AP) - A merger could be in the future for General Motors and Chrysler. A person familiar with the talks describes them as preliminary. They also involve Cerebus Capital...

Lookouts wanted all fire season

Ernie Stephenson, Shasta County Cattlemen's Association director Fire lookout towers perched atop isolated mountains can be lonely places. But some members of the Shasta County Cattlemen's Association are trying to return them...

The Science Behind LAFD Fire Weather

How are decisions made by the Los Angeles Fire Department to pre-deploy resources on days of high wildfire hazard?The answer is science.The LAFD utilizes a Burning Index (BI) as the basis to determine the Department’s...

Wildfires can boost ozone pollution

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research said. California wildfires in 2007 repeatedly caused...

Fire danger with dry, gusty Northern Calif. winds

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Dry, gusty winds have prompted officials to issue a fire warning throughout Northern California. State fire officials have put more firefighters on duty to monitor possible wildfires that may break out in the...

Hot winds put county on fire alert

The first Santa Ana of the season should arrive Sunday morning, and while it's not expected to rival the winds that drove the devastating wildfires last October, civic leaders and fire officials are on alert.

US wildfires pushed ozone past legal limits

Legislate against pollution all you like, but don't expect nature to tow the line. Recent research on the wildfires that raged in California in 2007 shows that ground ozone levels were probably pushed significantly past legal...

Firefighters credited for fast control

CAMP PENDLETON – An aggressive attack and a turn in the weather helped firefighters gain the upper hand on a wildfire yesterday that scorched 1,500 acres on Camp Pendleton, but drifting smoke prompted air-quality officials to...

Residents can comment on city's walking plan

SAN DIEGO: The city will host a workshop tomorrow to get residents'input on a master plan to encourage more San Diego residents to walk rather than drive to their destinations. The three-hour meeting will begin at 9 a.m. at...

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