How big are the fires in Los Angeles? Larger than the entire city of Boston.
The scale of the destruction is hard to comprehend: The fires have consumed more the 60 square miles, according to state fire officials, and killed at least 24 people even as the search for additional victims remains ongoing.
Everett woman returns to California hometown to help family who lost homes
Loren Benn grew up in Altadena, California. The Eaton Fire burned more than a dozen homes belonging to her family members.
Boston woman gives firsthand account of the destructive California Wildfires
Madison Greene from Boston and now living in California gives CBS News Boston Assignment Manager Joe Couture a firsthand account of the wildfires in California.
California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
It’s frustrating at every level of government,” said Democratic state Senator Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers who authored the legislation. “I feel like a failure on it, being quite frank.
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Families fleeing California wildfires arrive in Massachusetts "feels like the apocalypse"
BOSTON - They were exhausted, both physically and emotionally, as they waited for their luggage on Wednesday night. Hundreds of passengers landed in Boston after evacuating the deadly wildfires in ...
‘I packed in 15 minutes’: Mass. native living in California flees home as apocalyptic wildfires rage
A Massachusetts native and her toddler son landed in Boston on Thursday morning after fleeing her home in wildfire-ravaged Hollywood, California, with just the clothes on her back.
Boston nonprofit offers emergency grant money to Californians affected by wildfires, breast cancer
The fallout from the Southern California wildfires has one Boston-based nonprofit expediting the services it offers to families affected by a parent who lost their life to breast cancer or was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer,
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Several Boston restaurants selling charity cocktails to help those impacted by California wildfires
As wildfires continue to burn and cause destruction in California, restaurants in Boston are offering ways to help victims. A portion of the proceeds from each cocktail sold will go to the ...
LA fire statistics: Area burned is larger than city of Boston
Between the two biggest LA fires, more than 36,000 acres have burned. The entire city of Boston is just over 31,000 acres.
Boston Scientific acquires California company valued at $900M
Boston Scientific Corp. is paying $443 million upfront, plus up to $221 million in possible milestones, to buy the remainder of a Carlsbad, California company in which it already owned a major stake.
South Boston twin firefighters on frontlines of Los Angeles wildfires
Two South Boston natives, now Los Angeles firefighters, are battling relentless wildfires, witnessing homes destroyed and facing challenges with wind-driven flames.
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Bill Simmons discussed his ‘worst week’ since moving to L.A.
The fires in California have burned 62 square miles ... Simmons, a Massachusetts native and long established Boston sports fan and columnist, has been living in L.A. since 2002, and Iacono ...