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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Southern California

Southern California stories: 27 news summaries

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Wildfire Winds to Drop Tonight

Oct 24, 07 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest forecasts show the gale-force winds whipping flames across Southern California for the fourth day slackening by early evening, giving aircraft an opening to fight fires that have forced almost a million to evacuate, the AP reports. The news prompted one emergency official to declare: "The worst is... More »

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weather • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Southern California • firefighters • wildfires

Million Flee Fires; Feds Mobilize

Bush steps up to avoid Katrina repeat

Oct 24, 07 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Firefighters look for the wind to change late this afternoon, as more than 15 rampaging wildfires continue to turn swaths of Southern California into writhing walls of flames. In a bid to avoid a repeat of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, President Bush yesterday declared a federal emergency for seven counties... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Southern California • San Diego • wildfires • George W. Bush

500,000 Flee So Cal Firestorm

Powerful Santa Ana gusts drive wildfires; more than 800 buildings destroyed

Oct 23, 07 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - High winds and hotter temperatures are forecast for Southern California today, frustrating firefighters struggling to contain the runaway blazes that have forced more than half a million people from their homes and consumed almost 900 buildings in the last two days. At least a dozen fires are still torching tinder-dry... More »

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California • Los Angeles • Southern California • winds • San Diego • Malibu • wildfires • natural disaster • Santa Ana winds • Rancho Bernardo • Poway

Fire Rescues Tax Resources

Oct 22, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - As wildfires rage across the region, Southern California officials are begging residents to evacuate when ordered and to avoid making phone calls, CNN reports. “We've been unable to do any suppression effort because the fire resources are being used to do rescues,” one fire chief railed. Rescuers complain... More »

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California • Southern California • firefighters • San Diego • Malibu • wildfires • rescue • Malibu Colony

Breaking SoCal Heat Wave Leaves 27 Dead

Eight days of triple-digit temperatures hits hard

Sep 6, 07 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Southern California's heat wave finally seems to be breaking after killing at least 27 people in crushing temperatures. The deaths include an elderly couple who told neighbors they were turning off their air conditioning to save money. Several victims died while illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in searing heat. More »

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California • elderly • Southern California • electricity • heat wave • power outage

Triple-Digit Temps Zap Power for 23,000 in SoCal

Electric companies scramble as 23,000 homes lose power

Sep 3, 07 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continued triple-digit temperatures across Southern California fried transformers as everyone turned on the AC, knocking out power across the region. The LA Times reports  21,000 homes were still waiting for power last night, and Southern California Edison was scrambling to keep up. "We need is a break in... More »

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California • Southern California • temperature • heat • heat wave • power outage

So Cal May Ban Wood-Burning Fireplaces 

Proposed regs will eliminate new fireplaces; limit current ones in winter

Jun 1, 07 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Southern Californians will be roasting their chestnuts in the oven if an air pollution plan is passed that would ban fireplaces in all new homes and prohibit wood-fueled blazes for as many as 20 days every winter. The regulations, proposed by South Coast Air Quality Management, seeks to clean up... More »

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environment • California • fireplaces • pollution • Southern California • nitrogen oxides • realty • South Coast Air Quality Management • air pollution

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