The Southern California wildfires continue to rage throughout several counties. Many properties have been lost and traffic problems abound. Here are the latest updates on the firestorm:
- Associated Press: Bush moving on California wildfires NEW
- Calitics: Third fire thread – One million evacuees
- Greater Orange News Service: 18,000 acres and at least 10 homes lost in Santiago Canyon Fire NEW
- KFI AM 640: So Cal on fire – Evacuation & Closure Information NEW
- KFWB News AM 980: Firestorm Coverage NEW
- L.A. Times: Bush declares fire emergency
- L.A. Times: What FEMA will and won’t pay for NEW
- L.A. Times: Full coverage; fires rage into third day
- L.A. Times, O.C. Edition: A checklist for evacuations NEW
- L.A. Times, O.C. Edition: Firefighters hold their ground in Lake Forest
- L.A. Times, O.C. Edition: Life in fire zone carries on close to normal
- L.A. Times, O.C. Edition: OC’s Santiago fire rages NEW
- L.A. Times, O.C. Edition: Southern California wildfires rage on; More evacuated overnight, at least 800 structures lost
- L.A. Times, O.C. Edition: Winds drive Southland fires
- Liberal OC Blog: Santiago fire update; Homes destroyed in Modjeska Canyon; Evacuations ordered for Trabuco Canyon NEW
- OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog: Fox News covers the OC fire (badly) NEW
- OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog: OC Weekly’s Fire Watch Forum NEW
- O.C. Register: By the numbers NEW
- O.C. Register: Evacuations ordered in Santiago Canyon
- O.C. Register: Fire Central
- O.C. Register: Fire developments overnight
- O.C. Register: Hundreds ordered to evacuate Modjeska Canyon
- O.C. Register: Some canyon residents linger NEW
- O.C. Register: The latest on the Santiago fire
- Orange County Fire Authority: Emergency Information, Santiago Incident NEW
- Orange County Health Care Agency: Smoke from Santiago Fire Poses Public Health Danger NEW
- Powder Blue Report: Modjeska & Silverado Canyons ablaze now NEW
- Red Cross of Orange County: Santiago Canyon Fire News NEW
- Red Cross of Orange County: Shelter opens for Windy Ridge Fire Evacuees NEW
- Sacramento Bee: 315,000 flee firestorm from mountains to sea
- San Diego Union-Tribune: 300,000 flee fires
- San Diego Union-Tribune: Spread of fires ‘unprecedented’
- San Francisco Chronicle: Schwarzenegger calls up Guard; asks Bush for military support
- You can also find dozens of links to other newspaper, blog, television and radio links at our So Cal firestorm blog/news roundup
I will keep updating this list throughout the day.
Day Four update now available – click here! NEW
UPDATE:
Red Cross Shelters are now up and running at:
El Toro High School , 25255 Toledo Way, Lake Forest, CA, 92620. Shelter is located off of El Toro Road on Toledo Way between Jeronimo and Trabuco
El Modena High School , 3920 Spring St.Orange, CA 92869. Shelter is located on Spring between North Hewes and Prospect.
Holy Cow, Art.
Your sitemeter says that you’ve had nearly 900 visitors today. It is barely after 4 pm.
What in the world are people reading? Is it the fire coverage?
Nice job, btw.
I wish someone would ask Rosie Avila who God is punishing with these fires. Are there really that many Gay households in the Southland?
It is being reported and indepentadly confirmed that the National Media (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX NEWS & CNN) had comendeered over 700 hotel rooms in San Diego.
The rooms according to SD County Red Cross displaced more than 1,000 families.
It was reported that matt Lauer insisted on TWO ajoining rooms (four rooms total).
STAY THE HELL OUT OF CALIFORNIA. LET US DEAL WITH OUR PROBLEMS, SINCE WASHINGTON DOES’NT CARE, WE SHOULD’NT WELCOME THEM.