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Members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department Search and Rescue crew walk toward flooded waters in Montecito, California, on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
January 12, 2018, 5:16 am
Hopes of finding survivors dwindle in mud-stricken California town
17 people have been confirmed dead and eight others remain unaccounted for in disaster
By Christopher Webber and brian melley
In this photo provided by Santa Barbara County Fire Department, Kerry Mann navigates the large boulders and mudflow that destroyed the home of her friend in Montecito, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. The woman who lives in the home has not been seen since the early hours of Tuesday. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)
January 11, 2018, 6:44 am
Death toll in California mudslides reaches 17, more than a dozen missing
Rescuers search debris and ruins, find two more bodies; over 100 homes destroyed and 300 damaged
By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and AMANDA LEE MYERS
Vehicles pass beside a wall of flames on the 101 highway as it reaches the coast during the Thomas wildfire near Ventura, California on December 6, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON)
December 7, 2017, 8:22 am
California ‘Skirball’ wildfire threatens LA Jewish educational center
An outbreak of wind-whipped blazes in Southern California has closed closed highways, schools and museums and forced 200,000 to flee
By Agencies and TOI staff
A firefighter monitors flames from a blackburn operation Friday, October 13, 2017, in Glen Ellen, Calif. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
October 15, 2017, 5:20 am
California wildfires ravage wine country as death toll rises to 40
Blaze now burning across 100-mile swath of northern California, threatening Sonoma's historic center
By AP
A Sonoma City firefighter walks in front of flames during a backburn operation Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Glen Ellen , Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
October 14, 2017, 9:12 am
Teams report first progress against California fires as death toll hits 35
Fires have chased an estimated 90,000 people from their homes and destroyed at least 5,700 homes and businesses
By Paul Elias and Jocelyn Gecker
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