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Wildfire burns 1,200 acres outside Los Angeles, closes highway
2015-12-27 04:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters on Saturday gained the upper hand on a wildfire northwest of Los Angeles that burned about 1,240 acres of land, forced the closure of parts of a major highway and led to evacuations, fire officials said. Hundreds of firefighters battled the blaze in the Solimar Beach area of Ventura County and were able to draw containment lines around 60 percent of the conflagration by Saturday evening, county fire officials said. The flames triggered the closure of parts of U.S. Highway 101,...
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Massive methane gas leak displaces thousands in Los Angeles County
2015-12-25 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A major methane leak from a Los Angeles County natural gas storage field is spewing huge amounts of the potent climate change chemical into the air. Nearly 2,000 elementary students whose schools are nearby will have to enter different schools by mid-year. Low flying aircraft have been instructed to steer clear, and about 3,000 families have sought relocation. Several lawsuits have been filed on behalf of residents who say they've been harmed. Neither efforts to capture the leaking gas nor to seal...
Homeless in Los Angeles brace for El Nino rainstorms
2015-12-21 12:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As Los Angeles grapples with a huge homelessness problem, El Nino weather patterns are likely to bring torrential downpours in coming months and add to the misery of the thousands of people who sleep on the city's streets. "It is a crisis in LA, and I don't think people realize the magnitude of it," said John Kump, an outreach program manager at the charity People Assisting the Homeless (PATH). Los Angeles' homeless population is estimated at about 44,000, with many of them concentrated in...
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Los Angeles school board to relocate students near gas leak
2015-12-18 05:47:25| Energy - Topix.net
Nearly 1,900 students will be moved from schools near a Los Angeles gas leak that has sparked hundreds of illness complaints and evacuations. The LA school board declared an emergency Thursday and authorized relocating students from Porter Ranch Community School and Castlebay Lane Charter school.
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Threat of violence closes all Los Angeles public schools
2015-12-15 16:31:00| American School & University
"Credible threat" Tuesday morning cancels classes for 650,000 students read more
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