‘Wildfire refugees’ scramble to find housing as rental prices soar
With so many displaced, people are offering double, triple the rent, “offering to pay six months rent up front.” ...
Trump expected to tour Los Angeles-area wildfire damage next week
President-elect Donald J. Trump, in perhaps his first official trip after being inaugurated on Monday, will likely visit the ...
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‘Fire weather’ over Los Angeles
Fire weather” is a term increasingly used to describe the atmospheric conditions that have rendered California’s recent ...
Should the Oscars be canceled? Stephen King says yes
In a post on Bluesky, the Twitter-alternative social media site, author Stephen King said he would not be voting as a member ...
As the Living Fled, a Race to Save the Dead at an Altadena Cemetery
Workers at the Mountain View cemetery had unique concerns the night the Eaton fire broke out. The 55-acre expanse may also ...
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What Didn’t Burn in Altadena
I started receiving texts from other friends who were fleeing Altadena. Families like Jeff and Kevin, two Marines who fell in love in the service, got married at the Altadena Town & Country Club, and ...
Homes burning, roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
An Associated Press analysis found the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest to the start of the devastating ...
As the LA wildfires have shown, people with disabilities often have to fend for themselves
When people with disabilities aren’t included in disaster plans, the results can be deadly, advocates say. They advise that ...
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Wildfires Can Contaminate Drinking Water Systems With Harmful Chemicals
Some local water systems in the Los Angeles area have begun issuing warnings about potentially unsafe drinking water.
Crashes and Disasters
Fire investigators are looking at a hiking area called Skull Rock as the potential point of origin for the destructive ...