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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Wildfires and Public Health

    One hundred eleven houses in Montecito, 113 in Yorba Linda, and in Sylmar, 501 mobile homes – it's Los Angeles County's worst loss of its kind since the Bel-Air fire of 1961.  Roughly 1000 homes and other structures were destroyed in the past four days from Santa Barbara to Orange County.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    One hundred eleven houses in Montecito, 113 in Yorba Linda, and in Sylmar, 501 mobile homes – it's Los Angeles County's worst loss of its kind since the Bel-Air fire of 1961. Roughly 1000 homes and other structures were destroyed in the past four days from Santa Barbara to Orange County. You can see, smell and even taste the smoke and ashes in much of Southern California. We get an update from Amanda Covarrubias, Assignment Editor on the City Desk at the Los Angeles Times.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Sonya Geis

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      Amanda Covarrubias

      City Desk Assignment Editor, Los Angeles Times

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Wildfires and Public Health
    1. 0:00Choking on Wildfire Smoke
    2. 0:00Parties Urge Supreme Court to Take Same-Sex Marriage Case
    3. 0:00Wildfires and Public HealthYou’re reading this
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