Rong-Gong Lin II is a Metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. He won the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.’s Freedom of Information Award and the University of Florida’s Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award. He was a finalist for the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting and the Knight Award for Public Service. A San Francisco area native, he graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004.
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Malibu is one of the most fire-prone parts of Southern California, often in the path of Santa Ana winds that drive blazes marching to the Pacific Ocean. But this time, the oceanside city appears to have caught a break.
A rare December Santa Ana wind event has prompted Southern California Edison to shut off power to thousands of customers.
The Franklin fire burning in Malibu is being fueled by a combination of dangerous winds, dry conditions and low humidity.
The evacuation order for the Franklin fire includes much of central Malibu, affecting about 6,000 homes.
A wildfire broke out late Monday in Malibu, triggering evacuations as Santa Ana winds fanned the flames.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake that struck in a remote area of Nevada on Monday afternoon sent shaking throughout Central California, including the Sacramento area.
The National Weather Service office issued a rare ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ red flag warning for the coming days in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Some are sounding the alarm regarding Trump’s public health picks, concerned that the nominees’ vaccine skepticism could jeopardize the nation’s ability to respond to infectious threats.
Health officials warned Thursday that people who were at Los Angeles International Airport and Children’s Hospital of Orange County in recent days may have been exposed to measles.