California
After a prolonged stretch of record breaking heat that scorched Southern California and sparked wildfires much of the state will experience below average temperatures, rain and even early season snow this week.
Sept. 16, 2024
The wildfires burning in Southern California are heightening a nationwide shortage of firefighters, aircraft and contractors to fight these blazes.
Sept. 11, 2024
Fast-moving wildfires have burned homes and scorched more than 100,000 acres in a matter of days, leaving firefighting resources dangerously thin.
Climate & Environment
The impending arrival of hot Santa Ana winds, combined with two years of overgrown vegetation, could pave the way for a fiery fall.
Culture Monster Blog
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June 23, 2009
The Park fire’s growth amid steady winds and hot temperatures has been dramatic. It is the seventh-largest wildfire in California history and still growing.
July 28, 2024
Vance cast his fellow Appalachians as stuck and embittered with a country that moved on without them. My Mexican hillbilly family never had time to whine and mope.
July 16, 2024
Firefighters began to gain control of the Basin fire, which has burned over 13,000 acres near giant sequoias. But a serious heat wave spells trouble for the state.
July 1, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
“I’m not sure he has a lot of good things going for him,” admitted Robert Foxworth of his character in L.A.
June 10, 1990
I wish that Foxworth’s opinions could be read all across the country.
June 10, 1991