Ventura County fire engineer dies at 32 after battling cancer
A 32-year-old Ventura County fire engineer died late last week after contracting cancer in the line of duty, officials ...
Backup power and full water tanks should be required in face of wildfire, lawmaker says
A Ventura County lawmaker is proposing new wildfire resilience standards that would require water providers to ensure full tanks and backup power.
Audit said fire agencies unprepared to help vulnerable. 5 years later, officials finally discuss it.
Ventura County, where the 2017 Thomas Fire took place; Sonoma County, where the 2017 Sonoma Complex Fires took place; and ...
Elias: What will it take to end California’s big electric monopolies?
So far, official blame has not yet been cast on Southern California Edison Co. for either blaze, with the events of Jan. 7 still under concentrated investigation. However, the fire that made ashes of ...
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Survivors of Ventura County fires offer advice to residents in Los Angeles
When Kat Merrick lost her home in the Ventura County Thomas fire of 2017, she immediately responded by helping others in need. Today, as the co-founder and executive director of The Local Love ...
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Southern California firefighter dies from job-related cancer
“With deep sorrow, the Ventura County Fire Department announces the line of duty death of Engineer Thomas “Tommy” James Daniel Minadeo at the age of 32,” said the department in a releas ...
Survivors of Ventura County fires offer advice to residents in Los Angeles
Victims of the fires in Ventura County urge L.A. residents to be proactive by taking photographs of what they own.