Terry Castleman is a data reporter on the Fast Break Desk covering breaking news. In 2020, he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in explanatory reporting alongside colleagues Rosanna Xia and Swetha Kannan for “a deeply researched examination of the difficult choices Californians must make as climate change erodes precious coastline.” Previously, he worked at the New York Times, served as digital director of a congressional campaign in Little Rock and volunteered as a first responder for refugees arriving on the shores of Lesvos. He’s a San Francisco native and a 2016 graduate of Tufts University with degrees in engineering and economics. He is a prescriptive grammarian and it’s insufferable.
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A pressing question is why it took officials nearly eight hours from the beginning of the Eaton fire to send evacuation orders to western Altadena.
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Before-after fire storm images: Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods where some homes remain
Eaton and Palisades fire damage was uneven in many neighborhoods, with homes surviving next to others that were destroyed.
Luna, a 7-month-old Bernese mountain dog, was hospitalized with a distended abdomen. The Corona Animal Emergency Center found 44 items in her stomach.
Wildfires are increasingly touching more diverse communities as fires grow in intensity and extend into urban areas, according to researchers.
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With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the Eaton fire’s rapid progress.