'Remarkable' UPS driver runs into burning home to save 101-year-old woman

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It's been one year since wildfires devastated Los Angeles. What have we learned? Via @sciencex.physorg #CaliforniaFires #LosAngeles #LAFires

It's been one year since wildf...
It's been one year since wildfires devastated Los Angeles. What have we learned?

The wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles a year ago were among the worst in California's history. They were exacerbated by persistent drought, a buildup of vegetation and Santa Ana winds which, at times, exceeded 80 mph. The most damaging fires, which reduced Altadena and Pacific Palisades to ashes, were finally extinguished on January 31, 2025.

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LA fires: Chemicals from the smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out. Studies tracked the harm. Via @sciencex.physorg #CaliforniaFires #LosAngeles #LAFires

LA fires: Chemicals from the s...
LA fires: Chemicals from the smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out. Studies tracked the harm

When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally dry conditions, but few people expected to see smoke and fires for weeks in one of America's largest metro areas.

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Uber Driver, Jonathan Rinderknecht Accused of Sparking $150B Palisades Fire

Florida Uber driver Jonathan Rinderknecht accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire that killed 12 and caused $150B in destruction.

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Looks like it’s officially fire season in Northern California again.

#CaliforniaFires #FireSeason

🔥 Đám cháy rừng lớn nhất ở California đã bùng phát vào ngày 3/7, gia tăng nguy cơ do thời tiết nóng khô. Chính quyền đã ban hành lệnh sơ tán khẩn cấp. Lính cứu hỏa đối mặt với hàng chục đám cháy khác. Chúng ta cần hành động khẩn cấp để bảo vệ tài nguyên thiên nhiên! #CaliforniaFires #Wildfire #EmergencyResponse https://ift.tt/BTcjiZA
Bùng Cháy Lớn Nhất California Bùng Phát Dưới Điều Kiện Nóng Khô - Thế Giới Trong Tầm Tay

Vào ngày 3 tháng 7, đám cháy rừng lớn nhất của California năm 2025 đã lan rộng nhanh chóng dưới điều kiện nóng và khô, buộc phải sơ tán khẩn cấp.

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#California: ‘Seeking seed donations': The #Altadena #SeedLibrary looks ahead to #regrowth

Story by Alysia Gray Painter, January 13, 2025

"Following the Jan. 7 fire that swept through the city, growers and gardening groups are beginning to think about what is next, groups that include the Altadena Seed Library.

"This community is enormously dedicated to native plants, but also had many farmers and growers who lost generations of crops at community gardens and in backyards.

"#Wildlife coming down from the foothills has lost habitat and food. the air quality will be poor and temperatures will be higher without the lush greenery that protected us. not to mention the vast natural spaces that have burned and may benefit from help #reseeding.

"If you have seeds to spare — particularly native plants — please send a message. please share widely.

"Monetary donations are also requested, if you are able to donate.

"Seeds may be sent to 37 Auburn Ave. #8, Sierra Madre, CA 91024 c/o Altadena Seed Library."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/seeking-seed-donations-the-altadena-seed-library-looks-ahead-to-regrowth/ar-BB1rscpJ

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#AltadenaFires #CaliforniaFires #Reseeding #SolarPunkSunday #NativePlants #NativeSeeds #SeedLibrary #SeedSharing #Gardening

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"By criminalizing fire, Spanish authorities effectively criminalized forms of #IndigenousKnowledge—like the cultivation of certain plants and management of #ecosystems—that relied on #controlledBurning. This put #Indigenous people in an impossible situation. Those who persisted with burning risked arrest and forced labor."

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/02/15/smoke-heat-flame/
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#IndigenousFireStewardship #TraditionalKnowledge #NativeAmericans #CaliforniaFires #CaliforniaWildfires #FireEcology #ecocide

Smoke, Heat, Flame | Jordan Thomas

On January 7, as eighty-to-ninety-mile-per-hour winds approached Los Angeles, Emilio Sweet-Coll was visiting his family in Mexico City. His phone pinged

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"The mid-twentieth-century dream that #LosAngeles is America’s Eden, celebrated by Reyner Banham as he tooled around its freeways, has been superseded by the dark reality envisioned by Mike Davis, who foretold with uncanny accuracy what the other side of paradise would be like."

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/03/13/eden-on-fire-los-angeles-martin-filler/
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#CaliforniaWildfires #LAwildfires #LAfires #CaliforniaFires #California #urbanism #UrbanTheory #FireEcology #ecocide #LA #cities

Eden on Fire | Martin Filler

The terrible fires in January were another reminder that urban planning in Los Angeles has long failed to protect the city from the natural disasters that repeatedly threaten the region.

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