After brutal fire season, California lawmakers call for seasonal firefighters to be employed year-round
State legislators are calling to extend Cal Fire's staffing to a year-round system, switching some roles from nine-month positions.
Legislators ask for year-round staffing for Cal Fire firefighters
Cal Fire firefighters currently operate on season employment, working nine months out of the year before they're laid off during the winter months, like January, when the Palisades and Eaton fires erupted.
California lawmakers renew effort to make state's firefighting force full-time and year-round
The three Louisiana poachers said they didn’t… President Donald Trump issued an executive order late last week canceling recently negotiated federal union contracts in an effort to target federal workers who had inked deals allowing telework.
As California’s fire season grows, state senators push for more year-round firefighters
Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the agency currently staffs for nine months each year.
CAL FIRE firefighters could become year-round employees, new bill proposes
State legislators say the bipartisan bill would support overworked firefighters by addressing staffing issues.
California Senate leader floats year-round peak firefighting staffing
Senate leadership said it would cost about $175 million a year to boost staffing levels to respond to increased fire risk.
LA fires: SoCal Edison says equipment likely caused Hurst Fire
New regulatory filing shows power line surges, problems during high winds, including at a transmission tower near start of ...
California Homeowners Could Get Payouts if Utility Company Started Fires
Southern California Edison's potential liability for the Eaton fire could lead to significant compensation for affected ...
Cal Fire's predictions didn't foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it's changing its fire-hazard maps
The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet ...
California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...
Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
AS Gov. Gavin Newsom roamed Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to provide more aid to Southern California wildfire victims, congressional Republicans held a hearing Thursday where they insisted California ...
California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in ...
Despite his boasts, Trump's California water release order doesn't help L.A. fire victims
Opening two dams in central California to help L.A. fight fires is like pouring a glass of water down your sink in order to ...
California Wildfire Map: Update on Containment as New Fire Starts
All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...
Pasadena Star-News4h
SoCal Edison found irregularity weeks later with power lines near Eaton fire origin
The utility has noted multiple irregularities, but maintains there is no evidence its equipment sparked the destructive Eaton ...
Action News Now14h
CAL FIRE rescues three dozen people from floodwaters in Tehama and Glenn Counties
CORNING, Calif. - The CAL FIRE Tehama-Glenn Unity has been hard at work helping rescue people during the recent storms. As of ...
State Legislators ask for Year-Round Staffing for CAL FIRE
About 3,000 seasonal firefighters would go from nine to 12-month employees as the wildfire season is now year-round.
Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said ...