Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
CalMatters reports on the alarming issue of home development in highly flammable areas in the state of California.
Rent hikes near wildfires run above historic norms, one estimate shows
Rent increases in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties topped historical norms after January’s wildfires.
Opinion: Make Los Angeles great again
Maybe the families and companies fleeing this state are trying to tell us something has gone wrong in California.
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Dave Matthews pulls out of FireAid benefit concert due to ‘critical’ family health matter
Dave Matthews was previously scheduled to perform at FireAid with John Mayer, playing live together for the first time.
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Trump Orders More Central Valley Water Deliveries — Claiming It Would Help LA Fires
By Alastair Bland, CalMatters President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Sunday that told federal agencies to ...
Opinion: The Los Angeles Fires Began on Federal Lands, So Why Is GOP Blaming California?
Both of the big Los Angeles fires started on federally managed land. Instead of blaming California, the Trump administration ...
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Another casualty of a bone-dry winter: LA won’t take less water from Mono Lake
LA had planned to take substantially less from the iconic Eastern Sierra lake this winter. The decision is a blow to conservationists who have been trying to restore the lake for decades.
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Amid shouts of ‘shut it down!’ hundreds slam agencies over Eaton fire waste site
Federal officials apologize for not giving San Gabriel Valley mayors a heads-up that a hazardous collection site from the ...
Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by 'unprecedented' number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries
California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles popular in Los Angeles County.
Fact vs. fiction on Eaton fire ‘rent gouging’
In the aftermath of the wildfires that ravaged parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, local and state lawmakers have ...
FireAid, a benefit for LA wildfire relief, is here. Here’s how to watch and donate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some of the biggest names in music will come together Thursday for the FireAid benefit concert that is ...