How to rebuild a more fire-proof Los Angeles
The right design choices can help protect homes from burning—and begin to tackle the home insurance crisis. Last year, as ...
California fires live updates: Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 29
At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
Southern California gets much-needed rain after weeks of fire, but toxic ash and mudslides a concern
The first significant storm of the season has brought snow and downpours to Southern California that doused wildfires and ...
Video of sparks points to Eaton Fire’s origins, lawsuit says
A video released as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Southern California Edison, the electrical utility for Los Angeles, ...
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This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis
An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
Meryl Streep was forced to make a quick-thinking escape from $4M home amid LA fires... and it involved wire cutters
Her nephew Abe Streep shared the story this week in a New York Magazine article that described the mayhem. He also talked to ...
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Insurance and wildfires
For a time, California's insurance system was maybe workable. Big, destructive fires used to be rarer, so the insurance ...