How the Los Angeles fires will (and won’t) impact the 2028 Olympics
The fires have blazed across tens of thousands of acres, swallowing homes, devouring communities and scarring Los Angeles for ...
A key ‘weakness’ in L.A.'s wildfire strategy went unaddressed for years, Post probe shows
In a memo that has not been previously reported, chief told city fire commissioners that L.A. relied almost entirely on ...
How L.A. Bureaucracy Made It Harder to Clear Flammable Brush
Barry Josephson enjoyed a peaceful life in his hilltop home in the Pacific Palisades, save for one constant worry: the highly ...
Wittingly or not, LA city, county officials chose fewer firefighters, more OT pay
Columnist Teri Sforza writes that one firefighter made nearly $500,000 in overtime alone in 2023. How many more firefighters ...
As the smoke clears, L.A. residents face a complicated and uncertain recovery
Many displaced by the L.A. fires are living in a perpetual state of limbo, stuck between a crisis that is vast and ongoing, ...
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Renters' guide to fires
Thousands of homes have been lost in the Los Angeles fires. More have been damaged or coated in soot and ash. Many who lost ...
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Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
The first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire didn’t ...
LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office hit with scandals over hush money, bribes and accusations of ‘legalized corruption’
Corruption is ingrained in Los Angeles,” said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit public interest group ...
In LA, a circulating spreadsheet of rent gouging allegations gains steam
The Los Angeles fires have sharply raised rents across Southern California, leading to allegations of price gouging on a ...
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California officials open multiple price gouging investigations in wake of LA County wildfires
California law enforcement officials announced Thursday they have opened multiple predatory pricing investigations into fraud ...
Inside L.A.'s desperate battle for water as the Palisades fire exploded
When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's ...
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As Los Angeles Fires Burn, Community Organizers Race to Prevent a Wave of Evictions
In response, advocates like the Los Angeles Tenants Union—an organization that says it’s “fighting for the human right to ...