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[9] [10] On January 3, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) forecast a critical risk of fire weather that would occur on January 8, and by January 7, on the first day of critical fire weather in the area, [11] [12] the SPC forecasted an extremely critical risk for Fire Weather for January 8.
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [3] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
In 2024, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, battled 8,024 wildfires that burned more than 1,000,000 acres of land, and damaged or completely destroyed ...
The Palisades Fire is a wildfire burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County in Southern California which has killed at least 10 people. As of January 17, 2025, at 5:53 p.m. PST, the fire had spread to 23,713 acres (9,596 ha; 95.96 km 2; 37.052 sq mi), destroying large areas of Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu.
Nationwide, a total of 6,058,694 acres (24,519 km 2) had burned, which is roughly triple the total land area burned from the same time span in 2014. [6] By the end of August, in terms of the land area burned, the 2015 nationwide wildfire season had surpassed any other wildfire season in the last 10 years, with 7,825,559 acres (31,669 km 2 ...
In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first nationwide telephone numbering plan and assigned the original North American area codes. The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state ...
The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles said periods of winds gusting 30-50 mph are expected, with gusts from 50-75 mph for wind-prone mountains and foothills through at least Tuesday ...
The post office opened in 1926. [3] Already in the 1970s sales of property parcels and lots in Anza were promoted with particular emphasis on the proximity of the unspoiled countryside to larger coastal cities of southern California. Though perceived by outsiders as friendly and open to newcomers, Anza has been determined to avoid the social ...