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Rain reaches Palm Springs area; mountain areas see heavy snow; all evacuation orders lifted Sherry Barkas and Amanda Ulrich, Palm Springs Desert Sun A winter storm that soaked Southern California, prompting officials to issue evacuation orders for areas around the El Dorado Fire and Apple Fire burn scars in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, dropped light rain in the Coachella Valley and heavy snow in the surrounding mountain areas on Friday. © Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun A rainbow appears amid the windmills near Whitewater just outside of Palm Springs on Friday, Jan. 2...

Rain reaches Palm Springs area; mountain areas see heavy snow; all evacuation orders lifted Sherry Barkas and Amanda Ulrich, Palm Springs Desert Sun A winter storm that soaked Southern California, prompting officials to issue evacuation orders for areas around the El Dorado Fire and Apple Fire burn scars in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, dropped light rain in the Coachella Valley and heavy snow in the surrounding mountain areas on Friday. © Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun A rainbow appears amid the windmills near Whitewater just outside of Palm Springs on Friday, Jan. 2...

At least 50 rain-related accidents occurred on Southland freeways Friday morning as a powerful storm moved through the region, including a tractor trailer that rolled over, caught fire and came to rest hanging over the edge of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. "Don't wait, do it now. It's not like a fire -- you can't see it growing," Yucaipa Fire Chief Grant Malinowski warned at a Thursday morning news conference. "That whole hillside can come down at one time. It's not incremental. In Riverside County, an evacuation order was issued for areas near the Apple Fire burn scar: Noble A, Nob...

Continuing our top stories of 2020 are three stories with a big effect on the environment and wildlife. Several fires west of the Morongo Basin blanketed our area with smoke for days. The Apple Fire started July 31, caused by burning carbon from a diesel truck’s exhaust off of Oak Glen Road in Cherry Valley. The fire burned more than 33,000 acres and threatened evacuations of Morongo Valley and Pioneertown. The Dome Fire in the Mojave Preserve burned 43,000 acres of thick Joshua tree forests; it was started by lightning August 15. Closer to home, lightning sparked a small wildfire in Sunfai...

[12/14/20 - 09:31 AM] Discovery Channel and Cal Fire Take Viewers to the Frontlines of California's Most Desctructive Wildfire Season in Brand-New Series, "Cal Fire," Premiering January 3 The 2020 fire season in California is catastrophic, with more than 4.1 million acres burned, 9,400 homes and structures destroyed, and 33 lives lost to date. [via press release from Discovery Channel] DISCOVERY CHANNEL AND CAL FIRE TAKE VIEWERS TO THE FRONTLINES OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST DESCTRUCTIVE WILDFIRE SEASON IN BRAND-NEW SERIES, "CAL FIRE," PREMIERING JANUARY 3 (Los Angeles) - The California Department of...