Fire-fighting planes battle California wildfires as over 1,000 families evacuate from homes

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• abc7.com8 hour(s) ago
• Community rallies in Hollywood for vigil honoring Texas school shooting victims, demand gun control
• HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Southern California residents let out frustration and pain at an emotionally charged vigil in Hollywood, honoring the victims of the Texas school massacre.They say theyre tired of this vicious cycle of violence, and sharing their grief helps in trying to heal from the overwhelming heartbreak.I think the majority of people are absolutely fed up, said the events organizer Shelley Bruce. Im tired of grieving. Im tired of my grief being a soundbite. I dont just want to make sure my voice is heard, I want...
• cbslocal.com12 hour(s) ago
• Red Cross Providing Meals, Housing To 9 Families Displaced By House Explosion In Pottstown
• POTTSTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — The Red Cross is providing meals and housing this weekend to nine families displaced by a house explosion in Pottstown. Five people, including a teen and three children were killed in the blast on Thursday night. Two others are injured. Multiple agencies are working non-stop to figure out what caused the blast. Three homes were destroyed and several nearby homes were damaged.
• mercurynews.com14 hour(s) ago
• Crashes and Disasters | Body found in area burned by King City fire
• KING CITY — One person has been found dead in the area burned by a wildfire started along the Salinas River in King City this week, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday. The fire started Wednesday afternoon. As of Friday morning, the blaze was 90% contained. It burned about 90 acres in a riverbed area just north of downtown King City and south of the Highway 101 bridge. Just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, shortly after flames broke out, King City police issued an evacuation order warning for areas southwest...
• wtop.com17 hour(s) ago
• Critical fire condition warnings issued across US Southwest
• Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S. Southwest on Saturday as crews in northern New Mexico worked to stop the growth of the nation’s largest active wildfire. The 7-week-old fire, the largest in New Mexico history, has burned 491 square miles (1,272 square kilometers) of forest in rugged terrain east of Santa Fe since being started in April by two planned burns. Crews were patrolling partially burned areas and clearing and cutting containment lines, including primary ones near the fire as bulldozers scraped backup lines farther...
• latimes.com17 hour(s) ago
• A historic California redwood park will soon welcome visitors, two years after devastating fire
• Nearly two years after a massive wildfire tore through Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains, parts of the park are set to reopen this summer, allowing visitors the opportunity to return to its ancient coast redwood forests. About 97% of California’s oldest state park was burned in August 2020 when the CZU Lightning Complex fire tore through Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. The fire burned for more than a month, covering 86,000 acres and killing one person. It also damaged or destroyed nearly all...
• cbslocal.com2 day(s) ago
• Sen. Alex Padilla Intros New Bill To Have Government Pay More Of Wildfire Fight Costs
• SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California Sen. Alex Padilla has introduced a new bill that would have the federal government pay a larger portion of the cost of fighting wildfires. Currently, some Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants are capped at a 75% and 25% split between the federal government and state/local agencies. Padilla’s bill looks to raise that 75% federal cap in certain circumstances. READ MORE: Department Of Fish And Wildlifes Trap, Tag, Haze Program Sabotaged By Angry Tahoe Community MembersIn 2021, California experienced the most expensive fire to fight in...
• mediaite.com2 day(s) ago
• When 9/11 Happened, We Didnt Ban Planes: Lauren Boebert Responds to Calls for Gun Restrictions
• Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) appeared on Thursday’s Hannity to react to growing calls to reform federal gun laws in the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman, who had just purchased two assault rifles. Guest-host Tammy Bruce asked the congresswoman for her reaction. “People want to know where the Republicans are at, where you’re at, when it comes to what the next step can be taken for some real change here,” Bruce said. Boebert began by...
• abc7.com3 day(s) ago
• Condor Squadron pilots will perform an aerial salute to honor military members this Memorial Day
• VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- These vintage propeller planes date all the way back to the 1940s. Fighter pilots trained in these North American AT-6 planes during World War II. Nearly 80 years later, theyre still being flown by aviation pilots who are part of the nonprofit organization known as the Condor Squadron located in Van Nuys.The Condor Squadron was founded in 1962 by former World War II fighter pilots who wanted to come together and maintain the aviation history of the United States military, said Vice President Eric...
• the-sun.com3 day(s) ago
• Dad-of-five burned to death in Tesla ‘after electric doors locked him inside burning car’
• A DAD-OF-FIVE died in his crashed Tesla after the vehicles electronic door handles allegedly didnt pop out, meaning rescuers couldnt save him from the flames, a lawsuit claims. Dr. Omar Awan, 48, died in February 2019 after crashing his Model S in Broward County, Florida.  6Dr. Omar Awan died in February 2019 after crashing his TeslaCredit: ndtv 6After the vehicle caught fire the father died as a result of burning and smoke inhalationCredit: wplg 6Teslas are designed to have two back-up safety mechanisms for the handlesCredit: autocar.co.uk He survived the initial...
• the-sun.com3 day(s) ago
• My newborn baby was burned alive in a maternity ward blaze that killed 11 tots – and no one could save them
• A MOTHER has spoken of her heartbreak after her newborn baby was burned alive in a fire that ripped through a maternity ward in Senegal last night. The young mother described how powerless she felt after realising the blaze that had engulfed the neonatal ward of Mame Abdou Aziz Sy Dabakh hospital in Tivaouane, was where her baby was being cared for. 3A mother of a newborn baby who was killed in a fire outside the hospitalCredit: AFP 3The blaze tore through the neonatal ward of the Tivouane hospital last...
• mercurynews.com4 day(s) ago
• World News | Meghan probably wont see dad in hospital: That bridge has burned, royal expert says
• As Thomas Markle reportedly recovers from a stroke in a San Diego-area hospital, it’s not likely that his famously estranged daughter, Meghan Markle, will make the four-hour trip from Montecito to visit him, one royal expert says. “Meghan hasn’t released any statement and I doubt she intends to go down there. That bridge is burned,” Duncan Larcombe, a royal author and former royal editor for the U.K. tabloid The Sun, said in an interview with the Daily Beast. Another royal expert, society author and YouTuber Lady Colin Campbell, more cynically...
• abc7.com5 day(s) ago
• 1 week after mass shooting at Laguna Woods church, OC community holds interfaith solidarity march
• LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (KABC) -- Its now been a little more than a week since the deadly mass shooting at Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods.The Orange County congregation came together Sunday to call for peace and tolerance.It was the seventh annual Interfaith March held each year for peace and tolerance.This event is an antidote to all intolerance, bigotry and violence in the world... to build infrastructure between potential allies and friends, to help dissolve and disarm the hatred and intolerance that we see every day, said Dr Arik...
• New York Post5 day(s) ago
• Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti got really close filming podcast
• More On: kristin cavallari Kristin Cavallari jokes she ‘hired’ Tyler Cameron to kiss her for ‘press’ Kristin Cavallari and Tyler Cameron make out in steamy photoshoot Kristin Cavallari ‘ready for a relationship’ two years after Jay Cutler split Jay Cutler is ‘still very much hung up’ on ex Kristin Cavallari Kristin Cavallari is coming clean on the status of her relationship with ex-boyfriend Stephen Colletti since they’ve begun recording their “Laguna Beach” rewatch podcast together. “I love Stephen so much and it’s been so nice to have him in...
• the-sun.com5 day(s) ago
• I’m an ex-flight attendant and I saw passengers overdosing on planes and having sex with hookers
• A FORMER flight attendant has lifted the lid on the less glamorous parts of the job after witnessing passengers overdosing and getting it on with hookers while on board. Air hostess turn author Ann Hood worked in the skies from 1979 to 1986 after passing her training with flying colours before experiencing the highs and lows of flying. 2Ann Hood experienced the highs and lows of flying during her time as an air hostess 2She reveals how she saw several men join a hooker in the toilet on board a...
• mercurynews.com5 day(s) ago
• Editorials | Editorial: PG&E is burying power lines underground its about time
• So PG&E is picking up the pace of burying its dangerous power lines that could ignite dangerous wildfires near residential developments. It’s about time. This is a utility that since 2017 has been been responsible for 31 wildfires, burning 23,956 structures and nearly 1.5 million acres — and killing more than 100 Californians. And yet the utility reports that only about 175 miles of distribution lines will be buried this year. The good news is that PG&E, which is California’s largest electricity provider, estimates that it will complete another 3,600...
• wtop.com6 day(s) ago
• Travelers stuck for hours on Reagan National tarmac
• After a weekend of storms, Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, has the most cancellations and delays of any airport in the country Monday morning, according to FlightAware.com. The airport had 84 cancellations and 37 delays Monday morning. The numbers were growing early Monday. It’s likely many flights were delayed because of poor conditions during Sunday night’s thunderstorms along the East Coast. But even after arriving at Reagan, some travelers were stuck waiting. Dozens of people took to Twitter to vent frustration over sitting on planes for three or four...
• cbslocal.com6 day(s) ago
• Sen. Klobuchar Pushing To Help Modernize Minnesota National Guards Fleet
• ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Sen. Amy Klobuchar visited the Minnesota National Guard’s 133 Airlift Wing in St. Paul Sunday to push for more help to maintain transport planes used by the guard. The Airmen fly the C-130 Hercules, and Klobuchar says she is working to get more funds to take care of those planes. Col. James D. Cleet, wing commander of the 133rd Airlift, says the planes need more attention as they get older. (credit: CBS) “They’re harder to get parts for, they’re harder to maintain, and my maintenance...
• dailymail.co.uk7 day(s) ago
• General Mark Milley warns cadets graduating from West Point to prepare for a global war between superpowers fighting with robotic tanks, ships and planes as brutal Ukraine war continues
• The United States top military officer warned soldiers graduating from West Point Saturday to prepare for a significant international conflict with Russia and China - a skirmish he said will see the cadets battle robotic tanks, ships, and planes. Youll be fighting with robotic tanks and ships and airplanes, General Mark Milley, Americas highest ranking officer, said, speaking to more than 1,000 Army officer hopefuls.     Weve witnessed a revolution in lethality and precision munitions. What was once the exclusive province of the United States military is now available to most nation states with the money...
• washingtonexaminer.com7 day(s) ago
• ‘Shouldn’t be taking public planes’: Tyson breaks silence about airplane flight
• Former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson talked about his experience punching a man on an April JetBlue flight. During his Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson podcast Friday, the retired boxer told co-host DJ Whoo Kid and guests Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson that the San Mateo County District Attorneys Office decided not to file any charges. “Yes, they said they aint gonna pick up charges,” Tyson said. In a video that has since gone viral, Tyson is seen punching a fellow plane passenger, leaving him...