Jan 9, 2025 7:07 PM IST
California fire live: Airbnb offers refunds in wildfire-hit areas, says report
Airbnb, under its “major disruptive events” policy, is offering reservation cancellations without penalties, giving full refunds to guests in the wildfire-hit areas in California’s Los Angeles.
According to a New York Times report, guests who have been prompted to cut short their trip because of the fires might also be eligible for partial refunds.
Jan 9, 2025 6:50 PM IST
California fire live: Amid wildfire, Biden cancels final foreign trip
Amid the raging California wildfires, President Joe Biden cancelled the final foreign trip of his presidency hours before he was set to leave for Rome and the Vatican.
Biden chose to remain in Washington and monitor the response and relief operations in California.
Jan 9, 2025 6:48 PM IST
California fire live: Firefighters getting a break after hurricane-like conditions, says report
Brent Pascua, battalion chief of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as cited by CNN, said that firefighters battling the Palisades fire have gotten a break from the previous day’s high winds amid hurricane-like conditions.
“It was just trying to fight this fire like in a hurricane with fire all around you,” Pascua said, describing the current situation of low winds as a “welcome sight”.
“What this fire so desperately needed was a break in these winds so that we can actually get some containment now on this fire,” he added.
Jan 9, 2025 6:41 PM IST
California fire live: Bollywood star Nora Fatehi flies out of LA amid wildfire
Bollywood actor-dancer Nora Fatehi, who was in Los Angeles, said that she and her team were asked to evacuate the city amid the ongoing wildfires in the Californian city.
“I’m in LA, and the wildfires are crazy. I’ve never seen anything like this. This is insane. We just got an evacuation order like five minutes ago, so I quickly packed all my stuff, and I’m evacuating out of here, out of this area,” she said in an Instagram story.
Fatehi has now flown out of LA.
Jan 9, 2025 5:56 PM IST
California fire live: Total 55 wildfires reported, as per CAL Fire
As per the data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, a total of 55 wildfires have been reported so far.
Jan 9, 2025 5:36 PM IST
California wildfires live: California Governor’s request to President Biden
California Governor Gavin Newsom had met with President Joe Biden, who was also in Los Angeles this week, requesting him for federal disaster aid. Biden had immediately approved it.
“No politics. No hand-wringing. No kissing of the feet,” Newsom told reporters, adding that, “The president of the United States said, ‘Yes. What else do you need?’”
Jan 9, 2025 5:15 PM IST
California wildfires live: LA schools closed due to fire and weather conditions | List
Several Los Angeles county schools have reported closures due to the ongoing wildfires and subsequent weather conditions. The LA Office of Education released a list of all the closed schools:
Alhambra Unified School DistrictArcadia Unified School DistrictBeverly Hills Unified School DistrictBurbank Unified School District (closed through Jan. 10)Duarte Unified School DistrictGarvey School DistrictGlendale Unified School District (closed through Jan. 10)Glendora Unified School DistrictLa Canada Unified (closed through Jan. 10)LAUSD: All schools are closed on Jan. 9th. View LAUSD updates on their websiteMonrovia Unified School DistrictPasadena Unified School District (closed through Jan. 10)San Gabriel Unified School DistrictSanta Monica Malibu Unified School DistrictSouth Pasadena Unified School DistrictTemple City Unified School District
Jan 9, 2025 4:58 PM IST
California wildfires live: Uber, Lyft offer free rides to affected residents
Amid the fast-moving wildfires ripping through Southern California, companies like Uber and Lyft are offering free rides to affected residents to shelter locations.
“We’re teaming up with local authorities and first responders to make sure everyone who needs help evacuating gets a ride,” Camiel Irving, Uber’s Vice President of Operations, was quoted as saying by local TV station KTLA.
Residents rushing to shelters can redeem a ‘free Uber ride’ up to $40 with the promo code “WILDFIRE25” in the app’s Wallet section before requesting a ride.
Jan 9, 2025 4:54 PM IST
California wildfires live: Winds likely to pick up speed
The wind speed, which for now have lowered down, is likely to pick up speed throughout the day with gusts of up to 40mph forecast across Los Angeles, a BBC report said.
Jan 9, 2025 4:34 PM IST
California wildfires live: Dry conditions play big role in ongoing fire
The meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, Ariel Cohen, told CNN that the onset of prolonged dry conditions has played a major role in the ongoing wildfires in California.
He said that the “brush grew from all that precipitation”.
Jan 9, 2025 4:12 PM IST
California wildfires live: Eaton fire remains ‘uncontained’
The Eaton fire, has spread across 10,600 acres of land, according to CAL Fire.
And despite firefighters continuously battling the blaze, the wildfire in Eaton remains entirely uncontained.
Jan 9, 2025 3:45 PM IST
California wildfires live: Santa Monica issues ‘sunset to sunrise’ curfew
Santa Monica issued emergency order with a curfew from sunset to sunrise in areas where evacuation orders have been imposed.
“The Palisades Fire is currently impacting neighborhoods in the northern part of Santa Monica with approximately 2,472 households under a mandatory evacuation order within the city of Santa Monica and 8,338 under a voluntary evacuation warning,” Mayor Lana Negrete said in a release posted on the city’s website, CNN cited.
“This emergency order further assists our first responders and further protects residents as we weather this regional crisis and, ultimately, begin and support recovery efforts,” it added.
Jan 9, 2025 3:22 PM IST
California wildfires live: Sunset Boulevard ‘completely devastated’
According to a LA Times report, the famous strip in West Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, is in shambles as the wildfire devastation swept through Palisades.
A store director of the Erewhon supermarket chain told the media outlet that Palisades is “done”. “This is complete devastation,” he added.
Jan 9, 2025 3:14 PM IST
California wildfires live: Adam Brody, Leighton Meester lose home to fire
Actors Leighton Meester and Adam Brody have reportedly lost their home to the California wildfires, figuring among the several other Hollywood stars who have either lost their home or are dangerously close to the wildfire zone.
Jan 9, 2025 3:08 PM IST
California wildfires live: Winds weaker now, says weather expert
Ariel Cohen, meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service Los Angeles, told CNN that the winds are gusting at a lower rate now across LA. However, he said that the red flag warnings across the neighbourhoods continue to remain in place.
“Just because we’re not seeing the same strength of winds as we saw last night, I urge everyone to remain at a high state of vigilance, as we still have these fires growing and we still have the winds to create the rapid spread,” he said.
Jan 9, 2025 2:56 PM IST
California wildfires live: Over 26,000 acres burned, says CAL Fire
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s data showed that 26,978 acres have been burnt down by the wind-whipped wildfires across Los Angeles.
Of these, the Palisades fire have burned 17,234 acres, Eaton fire has taken down 10,600 acres and Hurst fire has burnt 855 acres of land.
Jan 9, 2025 2:43 PM IST
California wildfires live: Fine particulate matter from fire can penetrate lungs, says report
UCLA epidemiology professor Anne Rimoin told CNN that the wildfires in southern California could have serious health hazards.
“This fine particulate matter can go long distances and penetrate deep into the lungs and become a real problem,” she said, adding that “it can even enter the bloodstream”.
Jan 9, 2025 1:50 PM IST
California wildfires live: LA lit by fire, darkened by massive power cut
As of Wednesday evening, more than 4,56,000 people were without power in southern California, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us.
Southern California Edison, the power company that is said to be servicing 15 million people across southern, central and coastal California has shut off electricity to more than 1,70,000 local houses and businesses, in a bid to prevent.
Jan 9, 2025 12:58 PM IST
California wildfires live: Estimated $52 billion cost ranks LA fires among worst US disasters
A preliminary estimate of the financial toll from the Los Angeles wildfires places it among the costliest natural disasters in US history, and potentially the most expensive wildfire ever recorded, reports said. The fires are ravaging some of the priciest real estate in the country, where the median home value exceeds $2 million, according to a Bloomberg report.
According to AccuWeather Inc. data cited in the report, the damage and economic loss from the disaster are expected to range between $52 billion and $57 billion.
Fueled by hurricane-force dry winds – ‘Santa Ana’ -, the fires could spread further into these high-value neighborhoods, destroying more homes. For context, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 remains the most costly US natural disaster, with damages estimated at $200 billion, based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. In comparison, wildfires in California in 2018, including the Camp Fire, resulted in approximately $30 billion in losses.
Jan 9, 2025 12:32 PM IST
Why are there massive wildfires in California and what’s the solution?
The wildfires in California’s Los Angeles, that started two days back, have so far claimed five lives. The fires have erupted in multiple locations in the city and have all firefighters across the state working overtime to control it as conditions worsen.
Wildfires in California are not an uncommon phenomenon, the state has always been vulnerable to them due to dry weather conditions throughout summers along with winds. However, wildfires in the state have become much more frequent in recent years owing to man-made causes such as climate change. Read more
Jan 9, 2025 12:31 PM IST
California wildfires live: Satellite image captures horrific firesThis handout satellite image taken and released by Planet Labs PBC on January 8, 2025 shows smoke from the Palisades Fire near Pacific Palisades, California. At least five people have been killed in wildfires rampaging around Los Angeles, officials said on January 8, with firefighters overwhelmed by the speed and ferocity of multiple blazes — including in Hollywood. (Photo by Planet Labs PBC / AFP) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / PLANET LABS PBC” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS – EXISTING WATERMARKS MAY NOT BE REMOVED/CROPPED (AFP)
A handout satellite image taken and released by Planet Labs PBC on January 8, showed smoke from the Palisades Fire near Pacific Palisades, California.
Jan 9, 2025 12:28 PM IST
Los Angeles wildfires live: ‘LEAVE NOW’, said fire dept in advisory for Hollywood
People living in the heart of historic Hollywood were ordered to evacuate as a new fire erupted just a few hundred meters (yards) from Hollywood Boulevard on Wednesday (local time).
“Immediate threat to life. This is a lawful order to LEAVE NOW. The area is lawfully closed to public access,” the Los Angeles Fire Department posted alongside a map that included sections of the storied movie district.
Jan 9, 2025 12:15 PM IST
Los Angeles wildfires live: Fire razes Hollywood’s Studio City
Wildfires threatened to engulf parts of Hollywood on Wednesday as a growing number of blazes raged across Los Angeles, forcing thousands out of their accommodations and claiming at least five lives.
New fires appeared to be spotting as embers were thrown up to 2.5 miles (four kilometers) including one that razed a large property late Wednesday in the densely populated Studio City area.
(via AFP)
Jan 9, 2025 11:36 AM IST
California wildfires live: Fires burn down landmarks, including one dating back 1929
Among the landmarks burnt down by the wildfires was the historic ranch house that belonged to Hollywood legend Will Rogers and the Topanga Ranch Motel, built by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1929, according to an Associated Press report.
The Reel Inn, an iconic Malibu seafood shack across the Pacific Coast Highway from Topanga Beach, a famous surf spot, has also been a victim to the fires. Restaurants had operated in that location since the 1940s; the Reel Inn — where surf boards dating back almost a century hung from the rafters — opened in 1986.
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