Synagogue Congregation Grieves in New Home After L.A. Fires
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Synagogue Congregation Grieves in New Home After L.A. Fires

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rabbi Gold Jill Wright looked out at her congregation Friday night and uttered a simple statement, with a significant pause. “I noticed that you are … here.” That was because under the bright lights in the theater of the Mayfield Senior School, a…

Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection
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Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Angelenos woke up Saturday morning to find that the Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’s most renowned art museums, is now squarely in the mandatory evacuation zone as the Palisades fire’s footprint has grown. Perched on a hilltop, the Getty Center is a…

Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday
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Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “The city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself,” Joan Didion wrote way back in the 1960s. And on X and Truth Social and, indeed, Fox News, they were playing the hits, too — the fires were not the result of climate…

An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything
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An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There was, at first, not even a whisper of fire. Aurielle Hall had heard about the blaze that had broken out in the coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades that morning. But she was in Altadena, a hillside community 40 miles away and outside…

Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine
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Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Constellation Energy, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, has agreed to buy another electricity producer, Calpine, for $16.4 billion. The deal reflects the key role that natural gas is likely to play in meeting fast-rising U.S. electricity demand. The cash-and-stock deal, announced…

Wildfires in Southern California – The New York Times
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Wildfires in Southern California – The New York Times

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines By the staff of The Morning Wildfires are raging out of control across parts of Los Angeles. A fierce windstorm is fanning embers, billowing dangerous smoke across the city and turning the sky an apocalyptic red. At least four blazes are spreading in…

Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts
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Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Biden announced on Monday what he called a permanent stop to new oil and gas drilling across more than 625 million acres of U.S. coastal waters, saying he was making the move because drilling posed unnecessary risks to the environment, public health…

Tornado Confirmed in Northern California
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Tornado Confirmed in Northern California

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A winter storm in Northern California spawned a tornado on Friday, setting off a warning for people to seek shelter urgently. The tornado was confirmed around 5:30 p.m. local time near Paynes Creek and Shingletown, the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office said in…