With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...

As the Eaton fire spread, many areas were notified of evacuation warnings and orders well in advance. In the heart of ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the ...

By Claire Fahy Reporting from Los Angeles As the first embers of the Eaton fire began showering homes in Pasadena and Altadena, Calif., this month, evacuation orders went out within minutes.

Many neighborhoods in eastern Altadena and surrounding areas got ... because the fire appeared to be moving eastward on the evacuation maps, which she was checking regularly, she said.

Briana Johnson, who lost her family home in the Eaton Fire, told Newsweek about the lack of communication as she was being evacuated.

Some eastern Altadena neighborhoods received their ... Sheriff's officials maintained a map of evacuation areas covered with clear plexiglass and a grease pencil to mark it. The team had a ...

Claire Wavell stands near a casita, destroyed in the Eaton fire, in the backyard of her family's home in Altadena on Jan. 10, 2025. The majority of the home survived the Eaton fire and is still ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...

Entire neighborhoods in Altadena were destroyed by the deadly Eaton fire. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) ...