Even as winds calm, more Californians flee fires
DIAMOND BAR, Calif. - More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke.
Nations:U.S. People:Michael Moore Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire
2008-11-16
Southern Calif. firefighters aided by calmer wind
BREA, Calif. - Calmer wind Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and blanketed much of the region with choking smoke.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-11-16
Los Angeles fears blackouts as wildfire burns
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire whipped up by hurricane-force gusts raged through northwestern Los Angeles foothills on Saturday, burning some 165 homes and threatening the power supply of California's largest city.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(Reuters)
2008-11-15
California battered by 3 wind-whipped wildfires
Powerful gusts stoked three major wildfires in Southern California early Tuesday that have charred nearly 12,000 acres, destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate neighborhoods in suburban Los Angeles and northern San Diego County.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-10-14
It's wait and see after Bush signs rescue plan
WASHINGTON - After two weeks of anguishing debate, Congress has passed and President Bush signed a massive plan to save the financial industry and the economy at large from an unthinkable free fall. Now, the world holds its breath, seeing if it will work.
Nations:U.S. People:John Boehner Henry Paulson Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 U.S. Financial Rescue Bush Admin.
2008-10-04
McCain orders convention changes because of storm
ST. PAUL, Minn. - John McCain ordered changes in the Republican National Convention that was to be a four-day celebration of his presidential nomination Sunday, to "redirect our efforts" to reflect the seriousness of Hurricane Gustav as it churned toward the Gulf Coast. President Bush, Vice President Cheney and prominent GOP governors decided to skip the gathering altogether.
Nations:U.S. Russia People:Cindy McCain Norm Coleman Rudy Giuliani Barack Obama John McCain Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:US Election 2008 2005 Hurricane Katrina 2008 Hurricane Gustav
2008-08-31
9 presumed dead in wildfire helicopter crash
SAN FRANCISCO - Eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-08-06
Moderate Calif. quake a drill for the `Big One'
CHINO HILLS, Calif. - Despite shaking a large swath of Southern California, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake was not the "Big One" that scientists have long feared. Still, it rattled nerves, causing people to vow to step up their emergency preparations.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Source:(AP)
2008-07-30
Strong quake rattles buildings, nerves in S. Calif
LOS ANGELES - The strongest earthquake to strike a populated area of Southern California in more than a decade rattled windows and chandeliers, made buildings sway and sent people running into the streets on Tuesday. But there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or major damage.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger
2008-07-29
Weather helps crews battling Calif's biggest fire
LOS ANGELES - Cooler weather on Sunday gave a boost to crews battling the enormous wildfire that was threatening nearly 2,700 homes in Santa Barbara County.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of Santa Barbara County homes from a huge wildfire, one of more than 300 taxing their energy and resources around the state.
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Source:(AP)
2008-07-06
2 fires still raging along Calif.'s Central Coast
BIG SUR, Calif. - Cool, damp weather early Saturday helped crews gain ground on the huge wildfire that wiped out this coastal retreat's holiday tourist trade, allowing some personnel and gear to be shifted to a growing blaze farther south
Nations:U.S. People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Activities:2008 California Fire Source:(AP)
2008-07-05
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