Calif. governor declares state of emergency as wildfires burn Los Angeles, Monterey countiesLOS ANGELES — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles and Monterey counties as wildfires burn large areas and threaten homes. California firefighters save homes from wildfires burning into backyards as hundreds fleeLOS ANGELES — A growing wildfire sending massive billows of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles nearly tripled in size Saturday, injuring three residents, destroying at least three homes, knocking out power to many more and spurring evacuations in a number of mountain communities. Residents in 500 homes urged to leave as fire creeps down toward Los Angeles suburbLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — Residents of about 500 homes have been urged to evacuate in La Canada Flintridge, where a fast-moving wildfire has crested a ridge and is burning downhill towards neighborhoods. Homes evacuated in wealthy seaside Calif. towns as wildfires spread
Fire burns structures, forces evacuations in California’s ritzy Rancho Palos VerdesRANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — A quick-moving wildfire is burning structures and has prompted evacuations in the ritzy seaside city of Rancho Palos Verdes, about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. Residents of 100 homes ordered to evacuate as fire burns in central CaliforniaSOLEDAD, Calif. — Residents of 100 homes have been ordered to evacuate as a wildfire burns in rugged terrain in central California, near the San Benito and Monterey County lines. 2 Virginia Tech students found slain in Jefferson National Forest; appear to have been shotBLACKSBURG, Va. — Two Virginia Tech University students were found slain Thursday at a Jefferson National Forest campground that is a popular hangout for students, authorities said. Calif. firefighters work in high heat to battle wildfires across the stateLOS ANGELES — Wildfires erupted Thursday in several areas of parched California, threatening homes and forcing evacuations from Monterey County in the the central coast region, to Los Angeles in the south. PROMISES, PROMISES: After pledging change, Obama team wins early praise for Katrina workWASHINGTON — As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged to right the wrongs he said bogged down efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Seven months into the job, he’s earning high praise from some unlikely places. Tourists at Sequoia National Park rerouted as rangers helicopter in to destroy pot gardenSEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A section of this Sierra Nevada national park was closed to visitors Thursday while rangers helicoptered in to destroy a sizable marijuana growing operation just a half-mile away from a crystal-filled cave popular with tourists. Firefighters battle 3 blazes amid high heat; smoke chokes Los Angeles, Southern CaliforniaLOS ANGELES — Two wildfires in the Angeles National Forest northeast of Los Angeles continue to burn as fire crews face another day of high heat. Forest fires northeast of Los Angeles fouls Southern California air, triggers health worriesLOS ANGELES — Two wildfires northeast of Los Angeles fouled the air breathed by millions of Southern Californians on Wednesday, but the flames were burning away from suburbs on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and no homes had been lost. Forest fire northeast of Los Angeles fouls Southern California air, triggers health worriesAZUSA, Calif. — A new fire has erupted in the Angeles National Forest to the west of a blaze that has been burning on 750 acres northeast of Los Angeles for about 24 hours. Judge approves financing of Florida plan to buy US Sugar land for Everglades restorationWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida judge has ruled that the state can move ahead with a $536 million plan to buy land from U.S. Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration. Witness: Small plane crash-lands in New Jersey mall parking lot; pilot surviesROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A witness says a small plane has crash-landed in the parking lot of a northern New Jersey mall. Massive wildfire outside Athens contained; firefighters still patrol for flare-upsATHENS, Greece — With a wildfire contained after raging for days near Athens, the Greek government faced a different kind of firestorm Tuesday as opposition parties and media lambasted its response to the blaze as inadequate. After national park tour, Udall, McCain agree global warming a problem but stay quiet on fixesESTES PARK, Colo. — Global warming is threatening America’s national parks. But there is no consensus about how to prevent the harm. Greek fires finally recede as winds drop, massive airborne effort continuesATHENS, Greece — A massive wildfire that destroyed homes and forests receded Monday as a multinational airborne effort beat back flames that at one point threatened Athens’ northern suburbs and raged near the ancient battleground at Marathon. Relics of once-mighty Maginot Line dot France’s border with Germany, ItalyFORT DU HACKENBERG, France — In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France’s border with Germany — from Belgium to Switzerland — designed to stop the Nazi onslaught and prevent a repeat of the bloody trench warfare of World War I. Maine park ranger says wave viewers didn’t heed warnings before 3 swept to seaAUGUSTA, Maine — Beauty suddenly turned brutal on a rocky outcropping at one of the nation’s most popular national parks as a huge, hurricane-generated wave sent spectators scattering and dragged several into the chilly Atlantic, killing a 7-year-old girl. Nations send planes, helicopters as exhausted Greek crews struggle to tame fires near AthensATHENS, Greece — A Greek monastery clanged its bells in warning Monday as an out-of-control wildfire raced down a mountainside, elderly nuns were evacuated from its threatened convent and the remains of Saint Ephrem were removed to a safer location. Nations send planes, helicopters as exhausted Greek crews scramble to tame firesATHENS, Greece — Firefighters battled around-the-clock Monday to try and contain massive blazes north of Athens, as more water-dropping planes and assistance from other European nations arrived to relieve Greece’s exhausted fire crews. Research finds higher ocean acidification off Alaska that could threaten fishing industryANCHORAGE, Alaska — Erosion threatens to topple coastal Alaska villages. Melting ice threatens polar bears. Now, a marine scientist says the state’s marine waters are turning acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters, potentially endangering Alaska’s $4.6 billion fishing industry. Thousands flee as Greek firefighters struggle overnight to tame “mega-wildfire” near AthensATHENS, Greece — A partial drop in gale-force winds early Monday offered hard-pressed Greek firefighters a brief respite after wildfires raged unchecked for two days north of Athens, burning houses and swathes of forest while forcing thousands to flee their homes. Billions of beetles, wildfire spread imperil the northern forests of a warmer worldHAINES JUNCTION, Yukon Territory — A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer. Fitch: Banks face more difficult credit trends amid exposure to commercial real estate lossesNEW YORK — Fitch Ratings analysts said Friday they expect U.S. banking companies to continue to face rising credit costs and a difficult operating environment in the coming months. Combating climate change creates new kind of crime: Carbon crooks can cash in on credit tradeAMSTERDAM — Customs agents this week arrested nine people in the London area suspected of a multimillion dollar fraud in trading carbon permits, bringing attention to a rich new field for crime sprung from the fight against climate change. Forest Service worker killed by falling tree as he helped clean up Ore. marijuana operationBAKER CITY, Ore. — A U.S. Forest Service employee is dead after being struck by a falling tree as he helped clean up a marijuana growing operation in eastern Oregon. Forest Oil names Raymond Wilcox as company’s newest board memberNEW YORK — Forest Oil Corp. said Thursday that Raymond I. Wilcox has been appointed to its board of directors. Swimming in warm waters of … Maine? Summer seas grow steamy as oceans smash heat recordsWASHINGTON — Steve Kramer spent an hour and a half swimming in the ocean Sunday — in Maine. |
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LOS ANGELES — Wildfires erupted up and down California Thursday as a late summer siege of heat and low humidity levels made conditions ripe for conflagrations.
