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In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first nationwide telephone numbering plan and assigned the original North American area codes. The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state ...
The blaze—dubbed the Border 32 Fire due to it being the thirty-second fire of significance for the year of 2022 in close proximity to the United States-Mexican border—sparked at 2:15 PM PDT off Barrett Lake Road and state Route 94 in the Barrett Junction area just southeast of Dulzura and was initially pegged at 30 acres in size but with a dangerous-to-critical rate of spread as it moved ...
Another fire is ablaze in Southern California, igniting Thursday near San Diego, continuing weeks of blazes in Southern California. The Border 2 Fire was discovered around 2:30 p.m. PT in the Otay ...
Los Angeles and other areas in California are among the highest-risk areas for wildfires — but they're not the only ones. Many fires take place in areas where humans have overstepped into nature ...
The maps below show the sizes and statuses of the fires. They will be updated frequently. The largest of the blazes, the Palisades Fire, is more than 33 square miles.
2013 California wildfires; Statistics [1] [2] Total fires: 9,907: Total area: 601,635 acres (2,434.73 km 2) Impacts; Deaths: 1: Non-fatal injuries: At least 125: Structures destroyed: 495 [3] Damage >$218.15 million (2013 USD) Map; A map of wildfires in California in 2013, using Cal Fire data: Season
A map shows how fire-ravaged California gives more in federal money than it gets back. Ayelet Sheffey,Madison Hoff. January 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM.
The River Fire was a wildfire that broke out from a lightning storm early on August 16, 2020 in Monterey County, California, south of Salinas, near River Road and Mount Toro. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Within its first day, it spread to 2,000 acres and was 10% contained; mandatory evacuations were ordered, while air and ground crews worked the fire.