Crews making progress containing Southern California wildfire

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Crews made progress Saturday battling a smoky wildfire in southern California that broke out a day earlier and prompted mandatory evacuations. Encompassing roughly 6.3 square miles (about 16 square kilometers) in Riverside County, about 64 miles (103 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, the Springs Fire was at least 45% percent contained on … Read more

San Francisco fire crews rescue woman clinging to cliff above crashing waves

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco fire crews rescued a woman Wednesday who had gone over a cliff and was stuck on the rocks with waves crashing below. It was not immediately known how the unidentified woman ended up clinging to the rocks by the Cliff House, a well-known landmark perched above Ocean Beach on the … Read more

Cargo and tanker ship crews trapped, stranded by Strait of Hormuz closure | 60 Minutes

Cargo and tanker ship crews trapped, stranded by Strait of Hormuz closure | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News The unprecedented Strait of Hormuz closure amid the Iran war has spiked the price of oil and gas. It’s also left thousands of crew members stranded on ships as the war rages on. Source … Read more

Crews in Florida battle 25,000-acre wildfire near ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Crews in South Florida were trying to contain a wildfire in Big Cypress National Preserve that had burned more than 25,000 acres (100 square kilometers) near the immigration detention facility known as “ Alligator Alcatraz ” as of Wednesday. The fire caused periodic lane closures due to smoke and poor visibility on the stretch of … Read more