Illustration: HuffPost; Photos: Watch Duty / Associated Press Watch Duty tracks wildfires and issues alerts to affected people. Watch Duty CEO John Mills confirmed to The Los Angeles Times that it had 7.2 million yearly active users in 2024 and it added 600,000 new users in one day this week. 911 dispatch calls about fires are automatically relayed to Watch …
The wildfires raging across Los Angeles County have forced makers to stop filming for the time being. Among the shows stopping production are Max's Hacks, NBC's Happy's Place and Suits LA, Apple TV+'s Loot and Peacock's Ted, all from Universal Studio Group; CBS' After Midnight, NCIS, NCIS: Origins, The Neighborhood, Poppa's House and The Price Is Right ; and ABC's …
Despite the predicted La Nina, hot and dry conditions in central Queensland have increased the fire danger and extended the fire season into March, while disappointed graziers are hoping for more rain. Key points: Rural Fire Service Queensland says central Queensland’s fire season has been extended until at least March, when it typically ends in January Unprecedented February temperatures have …
By Thursday this week, two massive fires in southern and northern California were roaring: the Tick Fire, just north of Los Angeles, and the Kincade Fire, north of the Bay Area in Sonoma County. To learn about this year’s fires, I spoke with Emily Baumgaertner, a science and metro reporter at the Los Angeles Times, who has been covering the …
