An image shared on Facebook purports to show the recent fires in California. Verdict: False The image is not recent but shows a 2018 fire that occurred in the northern California town of Paradise, according to WHYY.

The federal response to the California wildfires has so far mimicked the government’s response to Hurricane Helene hitting North Carolina in September 2024. In both instances, President Joe Biden declared disasters and later increased the percentage of costs the federal government would absorb for emergency work to 100%.

The social media giant, whose founder billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has been trying to make nice with the incoming Donald Trump presidential administration, isn’t stopping there. It’s also shipping its “trust and safety” moderation team out of its liberal Bay Area headquarters and sending it to conservative Texas, as well as other unspecified states.

Eleni Kounalakis spoke to News Channel 3 on the damages she saw firsthand of the LA fires and what currently is being done.

It might have been planned in only a month, but that sense of spontaneity made it the happiest day of our lives,” writes Shelby Wax.

The impact of the California wildfires is hitting close to home for many in Arizona with loved ones in Los Angeles.

Hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Palm Springs to attend the ‘People’s March,' early Saturday. The rally was hosted by two local organizations, Courageous Resistance and Indivisible of the Desert,

So many people fled on their own as wind-whipped flames raced over the nearby hills that by the time authorities issued the order to evacuate, traffic was gridlocked.

Former California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson wasn't ambiguous with her words. "It's time that we lift ourselves up from the despair, the

Firefighters from the Navajo Nation worked tirelessly through a haze of dust to cut away dirt from a narrow road at the side of a mountain struck by a landslide in Southern California.

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), expect dry conditions and cooler-than-usual temperatures across the Lower Desert area as a persistent northwesterly flow sets up through early next week.

Jason Edwards scored 18 points and Jaylen Carey had a double-double as Vanderbilt held on to upset sixth-ranked Tennessee 76-75 on Saturday in Nashville, Tenn.