Apu Gomes / Getty Images ; Jim Watson - Pool - AFP / Getty Images Trump Just Gave the Fire Victims in LA a Long Overdue Present That Will Change Everything President Donald Trump has immediately gone to work for the American people, including Californians affected by wildfires. By Randy DeSoto January 21, 2025
NASA Freaky: Mystery Island Appears Out of Nowhere on Satellite, Vanishes Just as Suddenly A small island temporarily formed in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, marking the latest land mass formed by a mud volcano. By Ben Zeisloft January 19, 2025
Apu Gomes / Getty ImagesCommentary Environmentalists Permanently Halted Pacific Palisades Fire Prevention Project Before the Fire Was Sparked When tallying the ineptitude of the fire preparedness in California, the case of the Braunton’s milk vetch should get some attention. By C. Douglas Golden January 18, 2025
Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesCommentary The Ridiculous Reason California Won't Use Sea Water to Put Out Fires There is a reason why authorities did this, but it's not a terribly good one under the circumstances, especially given the size of the fire. By C. Douglas Golden January 18, 2025
@vidcrane / X screenshot Heartbreaking: Modest Little Home Survives LA Fires, Just to Be Ripped in Two the Next Day An LA-area house that has been broken in half has become an important lesson in what could come next for the region. By Jack Davis January 18, 2025
@NatCon2022 / X screen shotCommentary Millions of Dollars Worth of Stored Hunter Biden 'Art' Destroyed in LA Fires: Report Millions of dollars in Hunter Biden artwork was destroyed in the Los Angeles fires, possibly marking a setback for the broader Biden family. By Ben Zeisloft January 17, 2025
David Goldman - File / AP California Is Finished: More Than 50 Percent of Californians Don't Blame Bass for Fires A new poll shows that many California residents stand by Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass even after the L.A. fires. By Jack Davis January 16, 2025
Nick Rood - Young Hollywood / Getty Images Would-Be Arsonist Runs Into the Wrong Celeb, Ends Up in Cuffs Moments Later The man is a Mexican national who has had "multiple encounters" with law enforcement since 2016, according to ICE. By Joe Saunders January 15, 2025
Apu Gomes / Getty Images National Weather Service Issues Highest Possible Warning for Los Angeles - 'Particularly Dangerous Situation' Imminent The National Weather Service has delivered an urgent warning to southern California areas already scarred by wildfires. By Jack Davis January 15, 2025
@Telegraph / X screen shotCommentary Meet the Brain Surgeon Who Saved His Street from Fires and Sent Looters Running, Too Had Californians recognized reliance on government as futile, then perhaps they would have produced a few more firefighting heroes. By Michael Schwarz January 14, 2025