A month after L.A. firestorms, vital questions still haunt Southern California
The first column of black smoke rose from the hills above Pacific Palisades just after 10 a.m. on Jan. 7. A fire in that ...
L.A. Wildfires: SCE Admits Its Equipment May Have Ignited Hurst Fire North Of Los Angeles
SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall to the ground at the base of a tower.
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LA Fires Didn’t Discriminate in Their Destruction — But Recovery Efforts Could
Amid rent gouging, land speculators and insurance woes, the cost of rebuilding may exceed working people’s means.
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How Fire Mitigation Strategies Will Impact Los Angeles Rebuild
With city and state officials moving to ensure speedy approvals for projects to rebuild areas devastated by the wildfires in Los Angeles, California’s lawmakers are being urged to expedite rules for ...
Gov. Newsom expands fire support, extends deadlines for financial aid. What to know
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new executive order Tuesday morning intended to cut “bureaucratic red tape” to help Southern Californians rebuild after the January wildfires. Newsom originally declared a ...
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Cleaning up Los Angeles neighborhoods destroyed by wildfires will take at least a year. Here’s why.
From explosive batteries to crumbling chimneys and melted refrigerators, there is a lot to clear out, and a lot of steps to ...
Water At L.A. Beaches In Part Of Malibu Closed Until Further Notice Due To Potentially Toxic Runoff
The ocean water along roughly eight miles of prime Los Angeles coastline remained off-limits indefinitely due to the recent ...
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Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
LOS ANGELES — When disaster strikes ... of evacuations and emergency notifications is planned and the Office of Emergency ...
Deaths from Los Angeles-area wildfires rise to 29
The new reported fatality was a person who died at a hospital from the Palisades Fire, the Los Angeles County Medical ...
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New Research Links Wildfire Retardants to Dangerous Heavy Metal Pollution
The hot-pink mix of water and chemicals, which is sprayed from planes to combat wildfires, is under renewed scrutiny.
LAFD Captain Breaks Down Why the L.A. Fires Are So Hard to Fight
A Los Angeles Fire Department captain explains how the recent Palisades and Eaton fires got out of control to become some of the costliest in U.S. history, and why fighting fires in the area is so ...
Progress is made on a huge fire north of Los Angeles while new fires erupt in Southern California
Firefighters are battling to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles.