‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillisides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
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Driving Change: The empty chair, reimagining Malibu’s future through the ashes
Our community is facing a moment of reckoning after the Franklin and Palisades fires. Throughout Malibu, metal chairs sit ...
After the fires, job losses and deportation threats, L.A.’s migrant workers are under immense stress
In L.A., some domestic and service workers are dealing with the loss of their jobs due to the Palisades and Eaton fires while ...
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The LA fires burned a lot of lithium-ion batteries. What does that say about a clean energy future?
Lithium–ion batteries have been making headlines since the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires broke out a month ago. From concerns about evacuating in an electric vehicle, to the challenges of ...
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“I Lost A Part Of My Personality”: The Pain Of Losing Your Entire Record Collection In A Wildfire
When Jesse Kahn imagined what it would be like to be a father, he thought about music. He imagined introducing his future ...
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LA Wildfires Cause Billions in Property Damage & Capital Losses
A new report from UCLA Anderson Forecast suggests the two largest wildfires that tore through LA County may have caused more ...
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How Fire Mitigation Strategies Will Impact Los Angeles Rebuild
With city and state officials moving to ensure speedy approvals for projects to rebuild areas devastated by the wildfires in Los Angeles, California’s lawmakers are being urged to expedite rules for ...
Legislators ask for year-round staffing for Cal Fire firefighters
Cal Fire firefighters currently operate on season employment, working nine months out of the year before they're laid off ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
After the wind-driven wildfires broke out in Southern California on Jan. 7 ... which killed 85 people in Paradise; the ...
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Malibu’s ocean life isn’t safe from fire, and the worst effects are yet to come
Urban fires pose particular threats to marine ecosystems. Debris and toxins released from the fires can damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algal blooms that snuff out ocean life. Now that Los ...
Deadly Eaton and Palisades fires 100% contained after 24 days
At least 29 people were killed in the two fires that scorched thousands of acres and destroyed or damaged more than 18,000 structures.
What Kind of Los Angeles Will Rise From the Fires?
The city faces a choice: remake itself into something largely familiar or take a bolder path and emerge as a new metropolis.