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The 2009 California wildfires were a series of 9,159 wildfires that were active in the US state of California, during the year 2009. The fires burned more than 422,147 acres (660 sq mi; 1,708 km 2) of land from early February through late November, due to Red Flag conditions, destroying hundreds of structures, injuring 134 people, and killing four.
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services ( Cal OES) is a California cabinet-level office responsible for overseeing and coordinating emergency preparedness, response, recovery and homeland security activities within the state. [1] The agency was created by AB 38 (2008), superseding both the Office of Emergency Services (OES) and ...
The October 2007 California wildfires, also known as the Fall 2007 California firestorm, [11] were a series of about thirty wildfires (17 of which became major wildfires) [8] that began igniting across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 homes were destroyed [12] and approximately 972,147 acres (about 3,934 km 2, or 1,520 mi 2) of ...
2008–2012 California budget crisis. Furlough at a California Department of Motor Vehicles office in 2009. The U.S. state of California had a budget crisis in which it faced a shortfall of at least $ 11.2 billion, [1] projected to top $40 billion over the 2009–2010 fiscal years. [2]
Esperanza Fire. / 33.9139; -116.7548. The Esperanza Fire was a large, wind-driven, arson -caused wildfire that started on October 26, 2006, in a river wash near Cabazon, California, United States, west of Palm Springs. By October 29, 2006, it had burned over 41,173 acres (166.62 km 2) (or 61 square miles (160 km 2 )) and was 85% contained.
The 2020 California wildfire season, part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season, was a record-setting year of wildfires in California. By the end of the year, 9,917 fires [1] had burned 4,397,809 acres (1,779,730 ha), [2] [3] [3] more than 4% of the state's roughly 100 million acres of land, making 2020 the largest wildfire season ...
July 16: The City of Galt is a hotspot for the virus with under 1% of the population becoming infected. [151] July 21: Orange County now has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in California, with the count being 29,986. [152] This is just ahead of Riverside County's COVID-19 case count of 29,983. [152]
All state and emergency operation centers in the state were activated on October 14, and support from electric companies in Arizona and Nevada was received to assist in power restoration. In California, the storm caused a total of at least $8.856 million (2009 USD) in damages, including $300,000 in agricultural damage. Other states