The Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to set a public hearing to consider the Riverside County Fire Department’s request to attach fire mitigation charges to the tax bills of nearly 600 property owners, who officials say have not paid the cost of abating weeds and other potential fire hazards around their parcels. Fire officials […]
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Fire tore through a homeless camp erected underneath a Palm Springs bridge Tuesday, though no injuries were reported. The blaze was reported at 10:10 a.m. in the 6500 block of Dinah Shore Drive and was doused about 20 minutes later, according to the Palm Springs Fire Department. Capt. Nathan Gunkel said the fire was contained […]
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A new poll prepared for The Los Angeles Times is suggesting a halt in construction around fire prone areas. This polls comes after the deadliest wildfire year in California’s history. Wildfires have taken over the state just in the course of this past year. Some of the most noted fires are the Camp fire in […]
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Most of the country can expect a normal wildfire season but residents along the West Coast of the United States should be ready for another busy season, the National Interagency Fire Center said Wednesday. California experienced its deadliest and largest wildfires in the past two years, including a fire in the northern part of the […]
