Tag: fires
Year-round fires strike California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made it clear in a news broadcast Sunday that we can no longer plan on fire season in the fall. In reality, we now have a year-round fire season.
Photographer recalls fires
Karen Tapia-Andersen, a Los Angeles Times photographer and University of La Verne alumna, spoke to an estimated 40 students and faculty in the Arts and Communications Building on Nov. 30.
Smokey says, ‘Watch your kids’
Imagine seeing your neighborhood on fire. You are asked to evacuate your house because it is in the direct path of destruction.
Wildfires scorch Southland
Receiving fearful phone calls from a younger sister trapped on a San Diego college campus, a brother risking his life to fight the uncontrollable fires. Finding out a volunteer evacuation has been assigned for her own neighborhood – all while she was over an hour away from her closest family members.
Blazes raise air quality concerns
As strong winds blow the smoke from the raging wildfires across Southern California, no area in the Southland is free of the potential health hazards associated with breathing such heavy smoke and and ash.
Fires demand emotional rebuilding
The aftermath: A family stands together in awe, silhouetted against what used to be their beloved home, but is now a lifeless pile of ash. Everything is gone; the devastation is nearly unbearable, but life must go on.