El Dorado CountyPARADISE -- Dozens of people returning to areas of Paradise Saturday found piles of rubble and smothering ashes where their houses once stood. Others, sometimes just yards away, found their homes untouched and intact.[more at: http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_9591803 ]
LA County:As earthquakes continue to shake Reno, two reports released this month give new insight into the likely characteristics of a temblor at Lake Tahoe.
Orange CountyA quiet neighborhood started bustling shortly after sunup Saturday when dozens of volunteers descended on the home of Jim Tindall, the caretaker at Heads Up Therapy On Horseback who was severely burned in the October wildfires. As volunteers walked from nearby streets, trucks unloaded appliances, gallons of paint, bundles of lumber and of course, coffee.
Riverside County:Q. What are the differences between a landslide, rockslide, mudslide, a flash flood, and a debris flow?
San Bernardino CountyRoughly a third of California's fleet of federal fire engines is currently unavailable due to staffing shortages, according to figures supplied by a group that represents U.S. Forest Service crews.
San Diego CountyThe area high above our transfer station—aka the dump—is Heaps Peak, an area that suffered terribly during the wildfires of 2003 and 2007. The area has assumed the look of a moonscape, with little to break a visitor's line of sight.
Santa Cruz CountyLocal officials are reviewing a scathing grand jury report that claims that San Diego County is "woefully unprepared" to handle the next big wildfire, despite two devastating wildfires in the last five years.[more at: http://www.cbs8.com/stories/story.129638.html ]
CORRALITOS -- More than half of the homes and buildings destroyed by last month's Summit Fire were built illegally, according to preliminary reviews by county planners and state fire officials.