In the rush to rebuild, one topic is taboo: What should be built differently — or not at all?
As officials rush to remove barriers to rebuilding fire-ravaged communities, are they passing up a rare opportunity to craft ...
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L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
In 2017, as the Tubbs fire engulfed Northern California’s wine country ... how and when to alert specific geographic areas. In Altadena, where flames erupted from Eaton Canyon around 6:30 ...
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Documentary Filmmaker Ondi Timoner Lost Her Home, Research and Equipment in Altadena Fire: ‘It’s All Gone’
He was calling to inform his sister that he and his family, as well as Timoner’s 21-year-old son Joaquim and their 86-year-old mother, Lisa, had all evacuated to her home in Altadena.
LA's Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city's rebuild could impact the Games' runup
The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the ...
Why does California keep botching emergency evacuation alerts?
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles wildfires. Some were sent to too many people, some to too few.
L.A. Fires Will Drain Public Coffers From Pasadena to Utah
Local-government taxes and fees are taking a hit ahead of a costly rebuild. Initial shortfalls are even spreading to bond ...
Rain moves through Southern California, dousing fires but without causing serious mudslides
Rain mostly moved out of Southern California on Monday after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend ...
Altadena family loses everything in California wildfire
Matt Bodourian and his family lost their home three weeks ago when the wildfires in California were at their peak. He joined ...
California utility reports fault on power line miles away from origin of deadly Eaton fire
Southern California Edison on Monday reported a fault on a power line connected miles away from ones located near the origin ...
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Ben Crump and NAACP sue Southern California Electric for Altadena residents who lost property in Eaton fire
As ashes are still settling over parts of Altadena, California, victims of the Eaton wildfire have started filing lawsuits in the wake of the unprecedented blaze that destroyed more than 7,000 ...