California fires

CVS Pharmacy shift supervisor James Quinn throws out ice cream from darkened freezers as downtown Sonoma, California, remains without power on Oct. 9, 2019 (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

October 10, 2019, 9:29 am

Lights out: Power cut in California to prevent deadly fires

Around 2 million people expected to be affected for up to several days after power company pulls the plug to stop wildfires

By brian melley and Terence Chea

November 25, 2018, 10:16 pm

Israeli machine that pulls water out of thin air sent to fire-plagued California

Heads of Watergen’s US branch announce move to provide drinking water for emergency officials battling Camp Fire

By JTA

Noah Fisher (R) and Dusty Cope (L) look through the remains of their home that was destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, on November 22, 2018. (JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

November 25, 2018, 10:14 pm

After 17 days and with 87 dead, California’s deadliest wildfire finally tamed

US authorities declare Camp Fire ‘100% under control’; 249 remain unaccounted for

By AFP

Flames from the Woolsey Fire surround a house in Malibu, Calif., Nov. 9, 2018. (David McNew/Getty Images via JTA)

November 20, 2018, 10:24 pm

KKL-JNF group offers US help for California fire recovery effort

Environmental organization’s chairman Danny Atar pens letter to Department of Agriculture, which assisted Israel in putting out forest fires in 2006 and 2010

By JTA

US President Donald Trump talks to FEMA Administrator Brock Long as he tours Paradise, California, local governor Jerry Brown and Paradise Mayor Jody Jones during a visit to a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires, November 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

November 18, 2018, 7:36 am

Death toll rises to 76 in California fire as Trump visits

‘It’s like total devastation,’ US president says in decimated city of Paradise, as number of missing cited by authorities soars to 1,300

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and Terence Chea

A view of the Ilan Ramon Day School in Agoura, California, after the fire. (Courtesy of Yuri Hronsky/via JTA)

November 17, 2018, 4:23 am

Los Angeles fire races through the heart of a Jewish community

From summer camps to schools, synagogues and homes, many touchstones for the city’s Jews have been consumed by the blazes that torched nearly 100,000 acres

By Gabrielle Birkner

A hearse carries the remains of two deceased victims of the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

November 14, 2018, 9:40 am

Rabbi saves 4 Torah scrolls from destruction in California wildfires

Barry Diamond says he rushed to his synagogue to extricate the Jewish artifacts after his neighborhood was put under a mandatory evacuation order

By Josefin Dolsten

Alameda County Sheriff Coroner officers search for human remains at a burned residence in Paradise, California on November 12, 2018. (Josh Edelson/AFP)

November 13, 2018, 7:33 am

Death toll rises to 42 in deadliest fire in California history

A quarter of a million people forced to leave their homes by ‘Camp Fire’ blaze; 6,500 homes destroyed in town of Paradise, wiping it off map

By Josh Edelson and Laurent Banguet

A view of Camp Hess Kramer in Malibu, California, posted on November 11, 2018, after a fire burned a hillside there. (Camp Hess Kramer/Facebook)

November 13, 2018, 5:41 am

Jewish camps in Malibu vow to rebuild after consumed by wildfire

Hess Kramer and Gindling Hilltop, both run by Wilshire Boulevard Temple, suffer major damage from California blazes

By JTA

An American flag is draped over the charred remains of an old pickup truck entering Point Dume along the pacific coast highway in Malibu, California, on November 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

November 12, 2018, 9:40 pm

California synagogues, Hillel houses and families evacuate amid raging fires

While blazes sweep across the Golden State, affected Jewish communities are aided by individuals and organizations — but the devastation keeps spreading

By Elissa Einhorn

A helicopter drops water while battling the Camp Fire burning near Pulga, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

November 12, 2018, 4:56 am

More bodies found, making California fire deadliest in state’s history

Death toll stands at 29 and appears certain to rise, with more than 228 people reported missing; mobile DNA lab helping identify victims

By Gillian Flaccus, Paul Elias and ANDREW SELSKY

Flames surround a house in Malibu, California, on November 9, 2018, part of the Woolsey fire that has led to the evacuation of about 75,000 homes in southern California. (David McNew/ Getty Images)

November 11, 2018, 8:21 pm

Several Jewish institutions burned by fires racing through California

Synagogues, schools, and community centers offer support for community members touched by tragedy, as they seek to rebuild their own damaged buildings

By JTA

Krystin Harvey, left, comforts her daughter Araya Cipollini at the remains of their home burned in the Camp Fire, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in Paradise, California. (AP/John Locher)

November 11, 2018, 5:51 am

Death toll up to at least 23 in California town devastated by wildfire

Residents who stayed behind pick through remain of Paradise, where thousands of structures burned to the ground in most destructive blaze in state history

By Gillian Flaccus, Don Thompson and Paul Elias

Power lines rest on cars that were burned by the Camp Fire on November 10, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

November 11, 2018, 3:32 am

Rescue workers find bodies after fire ravages California town

At least 11 killed in fast-moving Camp Fire near Sacramento; second blaze still raging in southern California beach town of Malibu, forcing evacuation of some 200,000

By AFP

Illustrative: Abandoned vehicles sit at a car lot in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California on November 09, 2018 (Josh Edelson / AFP)

November 10, 2018, 12:41 am

Five die in California wildfires, 150,000 forced to flee

Residents who managed to escape post harrowing videos to social media as they drive through tunnels of swirling smoke and orange flames

By AFP