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From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 17 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5]The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking aim at 'predatory' land brokers looking for a quick buck at the expense of wildfire-ravaged neighborhoods. California governor bans 'predatory' land offers ...
The following year, the Camp fire devastated the Northern California town of Paradise, killing 85 people, destroying about 14,000 homes and displacing about 50,000.
Land subsidence in the Central Valley is monitored by various government agencies including NASA, the California Department of Water Resources, the USGS, and various local agencies or businesses within the valley. The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory uses InSAR to remotely measure topographic change over time. In a monitoring study from May 2015 ...
The destruction of government property, or malicious mischief, means when people who aren't authorized to have such property (usually) deliberately damage or destroy the properties in question; normal punishment is a fine, that is up to $250,000 or five years' prison sentence. [6]
The use of unauthorized drones is hindering the ability of firefighters trying to contain the fires that have burned more than 40,000 acres, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and resulted in ...
Illegal logging is the harvest, transportation, purchase, or sale of timber in violation of laws.The harvesting procedure itself may be illegal, including using corrupt means to gain access to forests; extraction without permission, or from a protected area; the cutting down of protected species; or the extraction of timber in excess of agreed limits.
With 2 million acres scorched, the most striking thing about the record is how early it was set — the most dangerous part of the year is still ahead.