
L.A. can lean on other cities to prevent fires, not just to fight them
As Los Angeles burned, firefighters from near and far rushed to our city. Crews from all over California; from Texas, Oregon, Arizona, tribal reservations and Mexico and Canada (despite the…
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‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past fires
On a hot, dry November morning in 1961, flames from a trash pile on brushland north of Mulholland Drive were picked up by Santa Ana winds and swept across the…
Read More »This new technology could hold water to fight future L.A. fires
When wind-driven flames raged through Pacific Palisades, Marco Terruzzin and his family were not at home. They soon learned that the inferno had destroyed the two-story Spanish-style home they had…
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State bills to halt price gouging, help schools follow L.A. fires
State senators gathered in Pasadena on Friday afternoon to announce a slate of wildfire recovery bills, including proposals to protect renters, expand firefighter staffing and fund programs for displaced K-12…
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Sharing what we lost in L.A.’s fires
The scars left behind — charred hillsides, entire neighborhoods like checkerboards of ash and rubble — reveal only a fraction of what January wildfires took from Southern California. A month…
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State Farm seeks emergency rate increase averaging 22% after L.A. fires
State Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, asked state officials for an emergency rate hike averaging 22% Monday, claiming the Los Angeles County fires have put the company in tough…
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L.A. County’s Palisades and Eaton fires now 100% contained
The devastating firestorm that rained embers and terror across Los Angeles County has officially come to an end, with fire crews reaching 100% containment on the Palisades and Eaton fires…
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Scientists race to learn what damage L.A. fires have done to the sea
The Reuben Lasker was about four miles off the coast of Manhattan Beach when ash began to rain upon the sea — first in delicate flurries, then in noxious clouds….
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Tiger Woods says Genesis will raise money for losses from L.A. fires
The Genesis Invitational will take place away from Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades for the first time since 1998 and outside of Los Angeles County for the first…
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NBA reschedules Lakers’ home game vs. Spurs postponed because of fires – Orange County Register
PHILADELPHIA — As part of nine changes to the NBA schedule, the league announced Tuesday morning that the Lakers’ home game against the San Antonio Spurs, which was originally scheduled…
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Did a famous grave in the Altadena hills survive the fires?
On a hill above Altadena named Little Round Top, a grave stood for 136 years as the community below it blossomed. Here lay the remains of Owen Brown, son of…
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Trump Administration Fires Prosecutors Who Aided Jack Smith Investigations
The acting attorney general on Monday fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the two criminal investigations into Donald J. Trump for the special counsel Jack Smith, saying…
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Fires, earthquakes, hurricanes: How to protect photos and docs before a natural disaster hits
As natural (read: human-exacerbated) disasters ramp up in severity across the globe, communities have had to reconcile with extreme, life-altering loss. Cities have been completely decimated by fires and floods….
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Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal bureaucracy focused on loyalty to…
Read More »After fires, Trump urges overhaul of California water policy
During a visit to Los Angeles burn areas Friday, President Trump sought to convince California officials that the state’s system of water management needs a dramatic overhaul. Trump announced that…
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In California Fires, Trump Blames Newsom for Withholding Water. Experts Disagree.
President Trump has repeatedly blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California leaders for the fires that devastated Los Angeles. The president has charged that the state’s Democrats have stubbornly refused…
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New fires erupt around L.A. County as dangerous fire weather continues
Southern California is facing another day of dangerous winds and dry conditions that sparked new blazes across a region in a month marked by unprecedented fire losses. In the last…
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