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Three Points was homesteaded in 1892 by the Lafferty family, 83-year-old Laura May Lafferty told a reporter in 1991. Her grandmother acted as a midwife, and her father, Ben Cherbbono, was a French Canadian muleskinner who led a team that helped grade the Ridge Route highway in the early part of the 20th century.
The Antelope Fire was first reported in the drainage of Antelope Creek in the Goosenest Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, California, on August 1, 2021, around 10:30 AM. The fire was one of many started by lightning strikes in the area during a thunderstorm. [1] The fire was fueled by ponderosa pine and
On Labor Day Monday, September 5, 2005, a small brush fire erupted and burned parts of Rancho Peñasquitos and Black Mountain Open Space Park. [4] The wildfire quickly grew to 200 acres (0.81 km 2), and triggered the evacuation of 200 homes in Rancho Peñasquitos, before further growth was stopped by firefighters.
Officials ordered evacuations in Antelope Valley, California, as the Pine Fire grew to 180 acres and was at zero percent containment on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 12.Approximately 100 homes ...
Los Angeles County fire crews on Sunday evening stopped forward progress of a fast-moving wildfire in the Antelope Valley that had consumed nearly 1,600 acres, according to authorities and news ...
The Tick Fire was a wildfire that burned in Los Angeles County, California. The fire broke out on October 24, 2019, and burned several thousand acres. [ 2 ] The fire forced the mass evacuation of 40,000 people from the Santa Clarita Valley .
The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires were recorded, burning 2,568,948 acres (1,039,616 ha) across the state. [ 1 ]
On the California side of the border, where the vast majority (33 square miles (85 km 2)) of the valley lies, the Antelope Valley is served by the Antelope Valley Fire Protection District (formed 1947) [3] and the Antelope Valley Water District (formed 1961), [4] and includes the communities of Coleville, Topaz, and Walker.