California’s insurer for people without private coverage needs $1 billion more for LA fires claims
Roughly 4,700 claims have been filed so far through California's FAIR Plan which has already paid out more than $914 million.
Here’s one clear way Trump’s deportation agenda could worsen California’s housing crisis
Shirley Pablo and Annia Lopez walked down East 12th Street in Oakland on a cold Wednesday morning, each pulling a foldable wagon filled with oranges, water bottles, granola bars, disposable face masks ...
Here’s how fires and floods are intensifying the US housing crisis
The wildfires levied significant long-term damage, with thousands of homes destroyed, billions in damages and a worsening of the state’s housing and homelessness crises. Even before the fires, ...
Lawmakers target looters in wake of arrests in Los Angeles-area burn zones
California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...
More than six years after wildfires destroyed their Malibu homes, many still struggle to rebuild
Some Malibu homeowners remain tangled in bureaucracy six years after the Woolsey Fire. After the recent Palisades Fire, ...
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The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux
The total area burned in the recent Los Angeles fires is comparable to that of the primary destruction zone of a strategic ...
Double-duty dogs at Westminster Dog Show aid victims of LA fires, war
Straight from the dog-show circuit at the 149th Westminster Dog Show in New York City, a four-year-old Borzoi named Ziggy is ...
His L.A. home just burned down, now John Goodman lists historic New Orleans mansion for $5.5 million
Hollywood legend John Goodman has put his historic New Orleans home on the market for $5.5 million-just weeks after his Los Angeles mansion was decimated in the California wildfires. The "Roseanne" ...
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California homeowners to face new fees to keep fallback insurance plan solvent
After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special ...
Rain to slam Southern California Wednesday through Friday — could prompt mudslides, floods
Flood watches, when flooding conditions are considered ripe, are in place for stretches including the burn scars surrounding ...
The new NIMBY battle over waste from the L.A. fires
Near the ruins of the Los Angeles fires, a new battle has been emerging over how to dispose of the toxic waste left behind.