Amid rent gouging, land speculators and insurance woes, the cost of rebuilding may exceed working people’s means.
Billy Witz, a reporter on the National desk who helped cover the wildfires, reflects on a surprising link between his father and a couple who lost their home in the Eaton fire.
The destruction of some of the state’s most expensive mansions in communities like Pacific Palisades received much of the attention, but the fires also displaced people in predominantly middle- and ...
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,706.6 acres after being active for 29 days. A crew of 800 firefighters managed to contain the blaze entirely ...
But when devastating wildfires erupted around L.A. last month, the utility hadn’t installed the experimental system more broadly across its territory. It remains unknown what caused the Eaton, ...
With its lung-healing properties, this antioxidant could be “an absolute game-changer” for firefighters -- if the state’s Board of Pharmacy doesn’t make it prohibitively expensive.
And in December, the U.S. Department of Justice added to PacifiCorp’s legal woes. The feds filed a $900 million civil lawsuit, claiming the utility’s negligence caused a different 2020 fire in ...
In the wake of the devastating Eaton Fire, which some Eyewitnesses and even lawyers contend was caused by SoCal Edison transmission lines, there are renewed concerns about a proposed power line ...
From explosive batteries to crumbling chimneys and melted refrigerators, there is a lot to clear out, and a lot of steps to ...
Southern California faces an increased wildfire threat that is expected to last through most of 2025. While fire activity ...