Southern California Wildfires (Jan 2025) Archives

Health

An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

adminMay 13, 2025

by adminMay 13, 2025026

Another long-term concern is pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease in which scarring thickens and hardens lung tissue, making it difficult for oxygen to move into...

Health

L.A. Officials Test Residents for Lead After Fires

adminMay 5, 2025

by adminMay 5, 2025024

Jairo Perez walked out of the parking lot of God’s Waiting Room Church in Altadena, Calif., on a recent Saturday with his 9-year-old son, each...

Health

L.A. Firefighters Who Fought Blazes Show Elevated Mercury and Lead Levels

adminMarch 28, 2025

by adminMarch 28, 2025030

In January, hundreds of firefighters fanned across Los Angeles County to fight the Palisades and Eaton blazes as they tore through heavily populated communities, killing...

Health

L.A.’s Clear Skies Conceal a ‘Toxic Soup’

adminMarch 12, 2025

by adminMarch 12, 2025029

Scientists collecting water, air and soil samples in neighborhoods ravaged by fires say they’re concerned about long-term health risks for residents. Source link...

Technology

Watch Duty, a Wildfire-Tracking App, Provides a Lifeline in Los Angeles

adminJanuary 12, 2025

by adminJanuary 12, 2025045

Paulette Lifton woke up on her 67th birthday on Tuesday morning in a panic to smoke pluming in the distance of her home in the...

Health

The Lasting Mental Health Toll of the California Wildfires

adminJanuary 9, 2025

by adminJanuary 9, 2025034

Jane Brown watched on television Tuesday night as a large condominium complex in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles went up in flames. It...

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