Tag: Fires

Firefighters and police officers install barriers to secure the area where a postal bus caught fire in Kerzers, Switzerland

At least six dead in Switzerland bus fire as police investigate possible ‘voluntary act’

Claire Carter · March 10, 2026 8:07 pm

Mayor Karen Bass speaks at a vigil

Beltway Confidential

Los Angeles is now fining people whose homes burned down

Zachary Faria · February 24, 2026 3:01 pm

Los Angeles City Council Member Nithya Raman speaks during the Karen Bass election night party at the W Hotel Tuesday, June 7, 2022, in Hollywood.

Progressive Bass ally launches bid to replace embattled Los Angeles mayor

Emily Hallas · February 7, 2026 4:19 pm

Mississippi arsonist burned synagogue

Man accused of setting fire to Mississippi synagogue pleads not guilty

Brady Knox · January 20, 2026 9:45 pm

Member of the Los Angeles Fire Department arrives at the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

LA fire chief brushes off calls to investigate edited Palisades fire report

Emily Hallas · January 13, 2026 1:49 pm

Zach Shemper, president of Beth Israel Congregation, stands in ashes outside the congregation’s temple hours after the building was damaged by fire Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026 in Jackson, Miss. (Allen Siegler/Mississippi Today via AP)

Suspect arrested after fire burns oldest Mississippi synagogue

David Zimmermann · January 11, 2026 3:27 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stands during a press conference after a tunnel collapsed on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Official Palisades fire report edited by LA mayor to soften criticism of city’s response to crisis

Emily Hallas · January 7, 2026 12:44 pm

A basketball is stuck in the net outside of a residence destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

California’s Palisades fire cover-up continues

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2026 5:00 am

Tents are set up along a freeway in a homeless encampment, May 12, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Politicians must not tolerate the risks posed by homelessness

Zachary Faria · January 4, 2026 2:00 pm

Sheena Long uses a T-shirt to shoo away flies as workers clear a homeless encampment along the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles.

Beltway Confidential

California’s toxic empathy isn’t helping homeless drug addicts

Zachary Faria · January 2, 2026 3:12 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Houston.

Senators discuss what should be in Newsom’s Capitol speech

Center Square · January 2, 2026 1:34 pm

A home burns in the Eaton Fire.

Fires, unrest, lawsuits, politics dominate Southwest in 2025

Center Square · December 31, 2025 7:26 pm