LOS ANGELES (CNS) – California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Thursday announced the addition of nearly 347,000 Los Angeles County policyholders affected by the area’s largest 2020 wildfire — the Bobcat Fire — to the mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies non-renewing or canceling residential property insurance policies. The action brings the total to nearly 2.4 […]
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Firefighters worked to increase containment Saturday from 55% to 61% for the 114,004-acre Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest, which has burned for nearly three weeks and threatened communities in the Antelope Valley and foothills of the San Gabriel Valley. Some 1,554 personnel assigned to the fire spent the night […]
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Bobcat Fire, which has scorched 36,366 acres, is expected to move closer to the foothill communities Monday evening as it burns downhill toward hundreds of evacuated homes. Nearly 900 firefighters backed up by nine water- and retardant- dropping aircraft were battling the blaze, which was 6% contained Monday. Residents of […]
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MONROVIA (CNS) – The Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest grew to 8,553 acres with no containment Tuesday, as forecasters warned of approaching Santa Ana winds and issued a red flag warning through Wednesday. [Update] #BobcatFire is now 8,553 acres and 0% contained. — Angeles_NF (@Angeles_NF) September 8, 2020 The Forest Service estimates that […]