Kathryn Barger is the Supervisor of Los Angeles County's 5th District. For the past few days, Southern California has been ablaze with wildfire, which has spread across tens of thousands of acres.
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Los Angeles County supervisors are looking into the alert system after residents in the Eaton Fire area were not alerted until several hours after the blaze had started.
Amid a fifth consecutive day of fires in her county, Barger posted a two-page letter addressed to Trump in his capacity as president-elect.
Thousands of structures have been affected in what is already the most destructive firestorms in the city’s history. There have been multiple wildfires raging across Los Angeles County, including the monstrous Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades and Malibu areas of L.A. County, as well as the Eaton Fire in Pasadena and Altadena.
Parched Southern California endured more dangerous winds on Wednesday but could get some needed rain this weekend, dampening prospects of another round of deadly wildfires while raising the possibility of new challenges like toxic ash runoff.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, as well as other local officials, said they were confident that President-elect Trump would visit the region.
At least 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting during the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, according to Sheriff Robert Luna.
Twenty people have been arrested so far for allegedly looting homes evacuated by residents fleeing wildfires, L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger confirmed.
Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent
A new wildfire ignites in Los Angeles County. Kathryn Barger, chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the road to recovery after the wildfires in California.
Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new wind-driven wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured more dangerous winds ahead of possible rain over the weekend.