Rong-Gong Lin II is a Metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. He won the California Newspaper Publishers Assn.’s Freedom of Information Award and the University of Florida’s Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Award. He was a finalist for the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize for Excellence in Investigative Reporting and the Knight Award for Public Service. A San Francisco area native, he graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004.
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Los bomberos continúan luchando contra el incendio de Palisades, que ha quemado más de 17.200 acres, y el incendio de Eaton, que ha carbonizado al menos 10.600 acres en las áreas de Pasadena y Altadena.
Firefighters continue to fight the Palisades fire, which has burned more than 17,200 acres, and the Eaton fire, which has charred at least 10,600 acres in the Pasadena and Altadena areas.
The life-threatening windstorm exploded into a crisis even worse than predicted, with embers flying an estimated two to three miles ahead of the fire.
El incendio de Palisades ha calcinado más de 5.000 acres hasta el miércoles, quemando alrededor de 2.000 estructuras, incluidas muchas viviendas. Cinco personas han muerto
The Eaton fire is burning near Altadena and Pasadena. Here are evacuation areas and school closures as of Tuesday night.
Five people have died, more than 2,000 structures have burned and at least 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders because of the wildfires burning across Los Angeles County. ‘We are absolutely not out of danger yet,’ Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said.
California’s Great America, now owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., appears set to scrap its winter run for 2025, according to a message sent to some seasonal passholders.
Some sections of Northern California’s coast are considered vulnerable to tsunamis. Here’s where those locations are and how to best prepare.
California’s free earthquake early warning app, MyShake, is now available for Mac computers and Chromebooks — a major expansion of access for the warning system.
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake jolted the Los Angeles area Monday morning, sending weak shaking from its epicenter in Alhambra.