Lawmakers target looters in wake of arrests in Los Angeles-area burn zones
California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...
California county plans a disability database after wildfire tragedy in Los Angeles
Fires in Los Angeles forced evacuations, but disabled residents faced challenges, prompting officials to consider a tracking ...
Update: Eatonhurst Postfire Baer in Los Angeles County – Feb. 11 status
Initial location: Los Angeles County, Calif. Eatonhurst Postfire Baer initially started 3:12 a.m. Jan. 18 in Los Angeles ...
Here’s how fires and floods are intensifying the US housing crisis
The wildfires levied significant long-term damage, with thousands of homes destroyed, billions in damages and a worsening of ...
Opinion: L.A. can lean on other cities to prevent fires, not just to fight them
Firefighters came to help from all over California; from Texas, Oregon and Arizona; from tribal reservations and even Mexico ...
Where and when rain is forecast to hit wildfire burn scars across the Los Angeles area
Forecasters released a breakdown Tuesday of where and when heavy rainfall this week is expected to hit areas of Southern ...
L.A. County approves $50K penalty for price gouging during emergency
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved a temporary increase to the existing penalty for those found guilty of price gouging, raising the maximum civil fine from $10,000 to ...
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LAHSA Taps FEMA for Wildfire Aid Despite Massive Budget
With Hundreds of Millions in Local Funding, Why Does LAHSA Need FEMA? LOS ANGELES - On January 21, in the wake of the LA Firestorm which had started two weeks earlier, the Los Angeles Homeless ...
Southern California under a flash flood watch Thursday and Friday, according to the NWS
A flash flood watch was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA on Tuesday at 11:16 a.m. valid from Thursday 1 p.m. until ...
California lawmakers want tougher penalties for looting and first responder shams
AB 469 seeks to close loopholes and strengthen sentences for looting and fake first responders in disaster zones.
Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being done to prepare for storms?
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US Army Corps begins clearing tons of fire debris in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday began clearing debris from burned properties in Los Angeles County.