Tourists love Los Angeles. Could the fires change that?
Tourism officials are looking for signs of what short- and long-term toll the wildfires that struck the Los Angeles area may take on its prowess as a tourism destination.
As viruses spread in Los Angeles shelters, fire survivors discuss the class issues
The Palisades and Eaton fires, which continue to ravage large parts of Southern California, serve as stark reminders of the systemic failures in disaster management under capitalism.
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Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles ... Newsom ordered shutdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. About 3 million workers were idled ...
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Pasadena restaurants feeling the burden after Eaton Fire devastates community
Just when many restaurants had turned the corner of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, some near the fire zones in Los Angeles County are feeling the same burden all over again. The doors are open but no one is coming in.
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How to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires
As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, leaving thousands displaced and causing widespread destruction, experts urge long-term support and careful giving.
Walters: LA wildfires could clobber economy as state recovers from a pandemic recession
L.A. County's wildfires add uncertainty to California's already shaky recovery from the pandemic-era recession and higher than average unemployment.
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Former California EDD employee admits filing pandemic-related claims for dead people in $768,000 fraud
A former California Employment Development Department employee admitted this week in federal court to fraudulently obtaining more than $768,000 in COVID-19 unemployment payments ... 64, of South Los Angeles — pleaded guilty to the same charge.
LA’s Olympic Venues Were Spared by Wildfires, but the City’s Rebuild Could Impact Games’ Runup
The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region’s landscape and psyche.
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Walters: L.A. wildfires could clobber California’s post-pandemic recovery
Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles ... Newsom ordered shutdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. About 3 million workers were idled ...
Filming in L.A. in 2024 Was the Lowest It’s Been in Three Decades*
FilmLA's annual on-location production report shows shoot days in Los Angeles were the lowest since 1995, except for the Covid year of 2020.
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LA's Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city's rebuild could impact the Games' runup
The devastation wrought by the deadly wildfires that ravaged sections of Los Angeles have left an indelible imprint on the region’s landscape and psyche.
Bowing to fascist-led witch-hunt, EcoHealth Alliance fires Peter Daszak, the scientist who warned of pandemic dangers
Three days before Trump’s swearing in to office, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that EcoHealth Alliance and its former president, Dr. Peter Daszak, were cut off of all funding and formally debarred for an unprecedented five years.