The Los Angeles fires expose a web of governments, weak by design
The question of who is in charge is testimony to the diffusion and, at times, dysfunction that make up the core DNA of the governance of the greater Los Angeles area.
After the Fires: How to Rebuild Los Angeles
The wildfire devastation in Los Angeles will require California to develop far greater resiliency to climate-worsened disasters to sustain its revival—and a path for withstanding future disasters.
Navajo Nation Firefighters Battle Wildfires in Los Angeles
A quick-strike crew of Native American firefighters and journeymen utility workers from the Navajo Nation are helping Los Angeles residents cut through landslides, mangled trees and charred debris of
The design legacy of Los Angeles that fell to the fires
More than a week after Los Angeles’ devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s built heritage than other single event,
Wildfires set Los Angeles's memories ablaze
I have friends who lost houses. I have family who were burned out of their home. Los Angeles has lost churches, synagogues, and architecture that are part of our collective history—not just architectural gems,
How Los Angeles Can Recover from the Wildfires: Together
John Hope Bryant writes about how the solutions—creative, bold, and compassionate—to this devastating crisis are in our hands.
Los Angeles wildfires exacerbate the region's housing crisis
The wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and a Southern California housing shortage that was already serious has been made even more dire.
Inside the ATF search to find the cause of the Los Angeles wildfires
CNN’s Josh Campbell reports on what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is doing to try and pinpoint the source of the deadly wildfires that tore through the Los Angeles area.
Newsom deploys more firefighting resources as red flag warnings issued for Los Angeles
Two major fires are still uncontained in the Los Angeles area with red flag warnings issued for Monday, meaning powerful ...
Mike Johnson Proposes Conditional Wildfire Aid for California, Los Angeles
House Speaker Mike Johnson has maintained that any relief aid for California and Los Angeles is likely to require policy ...
The Straits Times3d
Los Angeles evacuees told to stay away from home at least another week
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles officials told most evacuees from the wildfires on Jan 16 to stay away from their homes at least another week as emergency responders remove toxic waste from ...
75 Los Angeles fire trucks wait for repairs as wildfires rage — while city spends $1.3B on the homeless
We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were ...
What's the latest on Los Angeles wildfires and how did they start?
Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of ...
Toronto Star3d
Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades ...
The Economist7d
How will calamity change Los Angeles?
The Eaton Fire is one of several that have swept across Los Angeles County ... LA County is more populous than 40 of America’s 50 states. Many Angelenos live in picturesque neighbourhoods ...
Tagtik on MSN8d
United States: Abandoned by insurance companies, thousands of Americans lose everything in Los Angeles fires
Following a series of uncontrollable fires, thousands of homes have been reduced to ashes in California. Thousands of ...
Israel send firefighting and rescue experts to aid US with LA fire
"The special relationship between America and Israel on display!" The House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans said on X ...
The Economist12d
Los Angeles against the flames
THE FIVE fires that on January 9th were still blazing in and around Los Angeles were already among ... “One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America [is] ashes ...