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January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires serve as a wake-up call as 'once-in-a-generation' events become frequent
A new publication by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), January 2025 Los ...
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The Los Angeles fire disaster and the necessity of socialist planning
More profoundly, Los Angeles in particular suffers from what can only be described as the opposite of rational urban planning. For decades, the city sprawled haphazardly in whichever direction was ...
Los Angeles Times welcomes Class of 2025 summer interns
The Los Angeles Times is excited to introduce the Class of 2025 summer interns, continuing a time-honored tradition of ...
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LA fires could drastically drive up insurance premiums — and test California's new market rules
California's plan to fix the insurance crisis had barely rolled out when the Los Angeles fires began. Can the market recover ...
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As Wildfires Threaten Urban Areas Like Los Angeles, ‘Planning for the Unprecedented’ Is Crucial, Experts Say
With fires cutting off some exit routes and spreading fast after ignition, cars have clogged the streets in Los Angeles—one of the densest urban areas in the country and a city already known for ...
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Why some Los Angeles homes are being built to resist wildfires — and some aren't
Still, thousands of other homeowners in the urban center of Altadena ... director of regional planning for the County of Los Angeles. "We've been on this trajectory to look at long range plans ...
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USC study shows Los Angeles trees are absorbing far more pollution than thought
In the Los Angeles community of Mid City ... warned that trees remain undervalued in L.A. city budgets and planning, with urban forestry funding falling far below necessary levels.