Meteorologist-in-Charge, National Weather Service's LA Forecast Office
Meteorologist-in-Charge of the Los Angeles National Weather Service Forecast Office
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Mark Jackson
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FROM Mark Jackson
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Santa Anas Could Inflame Station Fire The National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches for both Northern and Southern California. Governor Schwarzenegger has ordered state agencies to prepare for the worst. Mark Jackson is meteorologist in charge of the National Weather Service's Los Angeles Office.
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Update on the Wildfires in Malibu and San Diego Fires continue to rage in seven Southern California counties -- from Ventura to the Mexican border. With his microphone buffeted by winds in Malibu, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledged that there had been tens of thousands of acres burned, several homes destroyed and dry conditions that make it very difficult to get the fires under control. Fire officials and civic leaders have urged those who've been asked to evacuate to comply in order to allow firefighters to concentrate efforts on combating the fires, rather than to try to rescue trapped residents. We speak with a journalist who lives in Malibu and get a brief overview of what's happening elsewhere in Southern California.
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