The Mendocino Complex fire became the largest fire in California history. It is one of nine active fires of more than 100,000 acres this summer, including the Holy fire, which has burned more than 19,000 acres in Riverside and Orange counties. More than 100 large fires are burning in the West. This map from the National…
Carr fire path of destruction
Residents of the Lake Elsinore area can learn whether their homes, businesses and places of work or other interests are under evacuation orders because of the Holy fire by using an interactive online map created by Riverside County. On the map, areas in blue signify mandatory evacuations; yellow, voluntary evacuations; and white, no evacuations. Users…
It’s been a year since hundreds of white nationalists, carrying everything from semi-automatic rifles and Nazi symbols to Confederate flags and tiki torches, marched on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, chanting “Jews will not replace us” and threatening people of color. The rally, which started on the night of Aug. 11…
Mamak Shakib and her husband, Lyss Murphey, have spent years fixing up their 1929 cabin in Holy Jim Canyon, only to lose it in the Holy fire. She said she is not sad, however: “Everything that has a price tag is replaceable.” Lyss Murphey, 62, a volunteer firefighter for the mountain community, sent Shakib a…
Feeling lightheaded or have a nagging headache? Are you short of breath or wheezing? Maybe your chest is hurting or your eyes are stinging? Those symptoms could all be from the smoke lingering in the air from the Holy fire, which has burned more than 18,000 acres with effects felt across Southern California. The air was…
