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California wildfires scorched 525,000 acres in 2025. See biggest blazes

The Golden State weathered 8,013 wildfires in 2025, including the destructive Palisades Fire in Southern California, fire officials reported. In all, California wildfires blackened 525,223 acres, ...
NBC Washington

What ignited California's deadly wildfires? Investigators consider possibilities

Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the huge fires that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area. In ...
kcra.com

Revisiting California's deadliest wildfires, a year after Eaton, Palisades fires

ANGELES. EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, THOSE DEADLY AND DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES BROKE OUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS PROCLAIMING TODAY, JANUARY 7TH, 2026, A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE IN ...
Yahoo

Wildfire victims decry state law protecting utilities from cost of disasters they cause

Southern California Edison's transmission lines on Jan. 12, 2025, five days after the Eaton wildfire killed at least 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena. (John McCoy/For The Times) ...
Sacramento Bee

California must extend BioMAT to fight wildfires and protect jobs | Opinion

California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses national politics at Adventist Health Arena in Stockton in October. JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com The CPUC’s decision to end this program will cause ...
AOL

Wildfire victims decry state law protecting utilities from cost of disasters they cause

A year after the Eaton fire, survivors and the state’s electric utilities are clashing over whether state law should continue to protect the companies from the cost of disastrous wildfires they ignite ...