With the support of NASA, a group of Cal Poly Pomona students are set to launch a miniature satellite designed to scan and identify wildfires
Category: wildfires
Vital emergency alerts can find your phone — if you help
As the highest temperatures of the year bake already dry brush and trees, increasing the year-round threat of wildfires spreading out of control, authorities in
Firefighters rescue ‘Cinder’ the elk calf from the ashes
By Morgan Lee | Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation’s
New fire and shooting restrictions announced for San Bernardino National Forest
The San Bernardino National Forest will implement new fire and shooting restrictions ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the agency announced Tuesday, May 24. The restrictions
Fire season: A preparation checklist and how to check the threat level of your home
Are you ready for fire season? This year’s has begun, with the Coastal fire destroying at least 20 homes this month in Laguna Niguel. Here’s
Coastal fire: Ice plant no foil for dry, overgrown canyons this time around
Firefighters work to put out a structure burning during a wildfire Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Laguna Niguel. (Photo by Patrick Smith, Contributing Photographer) Magnificent
Coastal fire: What homes are worth in Laguna Niguel hills where 20 homes burned
The Coastal fire has burned at least 20 homes since it swept across Aliso Woods Canyon into Laguna Niguel on Wednesday, fire officials said. The
Climate progress remains elusive for Biden on Earth Day
By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY SEATTLE (AP) — With a backdrop of flowering trees, it was a setting fit for the signing
Crews in the West brace for explosive fire growth
By Felicia Fonseca | Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Firefighters fanned out across blackened landscape in Arizona’s high country, digging into the ground to put
California once prohibited Native American fire practices. Now, it’s asking tribes to use them to help prevent wildfires
By Alaa Elassar | CNN California is calling upon Native American tribes to bring back the once-prohibited practice of lighting controlled burns to help prevent