Opinion
Oil and Gas Companies Should Pay for the Los Angeles Fires
It’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.
Los Angeles fires news and resources: What’s happening across the UC system and how you can help
A FEMA Disaster Recovery Center for Angelenos impacted by the fires has also been set up at the UCLA Research Park (formerly the Westside Pavilion). The center will serve as FEMA’s central hub for evacuated residents on the Westside, offering aid to those who have lost their homes, businesses or vital records.
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in California since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows.
L.A. fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles, more than double the urban acreage consumed by the region's Woolsey fire in 2018,
California residents warned of landslide risk following Los Angeles wildfires
California residents are being warned of potential landslides in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires. A man in Los Angeles lost his home to a mudslide just days after surviving the Palisades blaze.
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Los Angeles wildfires were worsened by climate change, despite claim to the contrary
Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...
Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
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California Colleges Confront Loss as L.A. Burns
Although colleges in Los Angeles escaped serious fire damage, leaders say they face a long road ahead as hundreds of students ...
Some Los Angeles Law Schools Begin Spring Semester Remotely
UCLA and Pepperdine, both located just outside the perimeter of the Palisades fire, have moved classes online this week.
Walters: L.A. fires will intensify California’s housing crisis
Obviously the loss of so many dwellings, whether they be single-family homes or apartments, exacerbates what was already one ...
Los Angeles fires spark 'smart city' conspiracy theories
As a string of wildfires hit Los Angeles County, social media users spread claims that authorities purposefully set the ...