Residents are returning home Thursday after being forced to flee a wildfire raging outside Yosemite National Park, but some are wondering what they’ll find when they get there.
David Oppenheim, a longtime backcountry guide in Yosemite, has been staying at a motel since he and his wife evacuated their Mariposa home Saturday, taking along their two [...]
A wind stoked wildfire northeast of Sacramento burned dozens of homes Tuesday and has forced thousands of fire-weary residents to flee, state officials said.
Firefighters were also struggling against a sudden drop in humidity and a 10-degree spike in temperature as a heat wave forecast to linger until the weekend grips much of the state.
Fire crews [...]
When she explains why she decided to run for Congress, Darcy Burner says the birth of her son, Henry, five years ago changed her life.
Her husband, Mike, grabbed a fire extinguisher and attacked the spreading flames. But within minutes, the house was engulfed, and Mike Burner joined his wife and son outside as they watched [...]
Firefighters from more than a dozen agencies on Monday were battling to stop a 700-acre wildfire as it came within a mile of about 2,000 homes on a hot and windy day, officials said.
Two volunteer firefighters were taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion, said Mary Kay Hicks, a Texas Forest Service spokeswoman. No other [...]
A second day of hot weather and dry wind stoked new wildfires across Northern California on Wednesday, as firefighters battled blazes that have damaged at least 50 homes and threaten hundreds more.
About 1,500 residents in the heavily forested hills north of Santa Cruz were told Wednesday afternoon to leave their homes as a quick-moving wildfire [...]
A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday.
Six people, including 50’s ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins and their 10-year-old son, Marquise, were taken to a hospital after suffering smoke inhalation and later released. A firefighter suffered a minor eye [...]
Alcides Moreno plunged 47 stories that morning last month, clinging to his 3-foot-wide window washer�s platform as it shot down the dark glass face of an Upper East Side apartment building. His brother Edgar, who had been working with him on the platform, was killed
Somehow, Alcides Moreno survived.
He was given roughly 24 pints of [...]
DeKalb Medical will recruit for 125 full-time job openings at the Career Fair for RNs %26 Allied Health Professionals on Thursday, Jan. 17 at DeKalb Medical at Hillandale in Lithonia.
The hospital said it is expanding its clinical team with the planned expansions in 2008 of its Hillandale and North Decatur campuses.
DeKalb Medical recruiters and managers [...]
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced a partnership Tuesday with several banks and community organizations that will give low-interest loans to developers building affordable housing in the city.
The Atlanta Acquisition Pool, as it is called, will have $25.5 million available for developers.
The money will be used primarily to buy land, often the biggest obstacle for these [...]
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced a partnership Tuesday with several banks and community organizations that will give low-interest loans to developers building affordable housing in the city.
The Atlanta Acquisition Pool, as it is called, will have $25.5 million available for developers.
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The money will be used primarily to buy [...]