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#1 The LA Fires Destroyed 11,000 Homes. Less Than 10% Have Permits to Rebuild
Sep 29 2025 // Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned. The TV and stage director had remodeled his Malibu home just five years...
#2 Gavin Newsom Stares Down LA Revolt in California Housing Fight
Oct 14 2025 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at ramping up the housing supply, bucking opposition from detractors including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and neighborhoods around the state’s largest city. The...
#3 Man Charged With ‘Maliciously’ Starting Massive LA Wildfire
Oct 8 2025 // Federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on charges that he intentionally started the blaze that days later became the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the Pacific Coast area...
#4 Louisiana Police Video Counters Claim That LSU Star Was Too Far From Fatal Wreck
Oct 10 2025 // Louisiana state police have released video evidence in a deadly 2024 car crash that authorities contend was caused by reckless driving by Kyren Lacy, a former Louisiana State University football star who took his own life...
#5 79-Year-Old Injured in LA Immigration Raid Files $50 Million Claim
Sep 30 2025 // A 79-year-old man in Southern California filed a claim against the federal government for $50 million in damages, saying federal agents violated his civil rights when they tackled him during a Sept. 9 immigration raid at a...
#6 Louisiana Farm Bureau Approved for Double-Digit Auto Rate Decrease
Oct 3 2025 // One of the largest auto insurers in Louisiana is implementing a double-digit rate decrease. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has approved Louisiana Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company’s request for an...
#7 Coca-Cola Distributor Sued for Disability Discrimination Against Louisiana Worker
Oct 2 2025 // Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (CCBCU), the third-largest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola products in the United States, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and then...
#8 Large Fire Erupts in Jet Fuel Unit at Chevron’s LA Refinery
Oct 3 2025 // A large fire erupted in a jet fuel production unit at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles on Thursday, disrupting supply in California’s isolated energy market. Chevron’s second-biggest...
#9 Louisiana Department of Insurance Issues Guidance on NFIP Expiration
Oct 2 2025 // The National Flood Insurance Program expired Wednesday after Congress did not pass a federal budget ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline. The lapse means no new federal flood policies will be sold, and expiring policies will not be...
#10 Louisiana FedEx Location Sued for Sexual Harassment
Sep 30 2025 // Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) violated federal law by subjecting a female administrator at the company’s St. Rose, Louisiana location to sexual harassment and firing her when she refused to continue to work...
#11 Edison to Open LA Fire Compensation Applications by Thanksgiving
Sep 24 2025 // Edison International expects to begin accepting applications “well before” Thanksgiving to compensate victims of the deadly Eaton Fire that destroyed swaths of the Los Angeles area in January, according to CEO...
#12 Amynta Group Acquires Louisiana’s International Sureties
Sep 24 2025 // Amynta Group announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global Surety, LLC, International Sureties Limited and International Sureties SARL (collectively, “International Sureties”), a...
#13 Report: Response to LA Fires Slowed by Lack of Resources, Outdated Alert Process
Sep 29 2025 // A lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delayed evacuation warnings as flames began consuming neighborhoods during deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires in January, according to an outside...
#14 California Labor Commissioner Cites LA Developers $2.3M
Sep 22 2025 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office issued citations totaling more than $2.3 million to multiple developers and operators of construction projects at sites in Los Angeles. The citations stem from an...
#15 Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish Improves Flood Rating
Oct 6 2025 // Residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana could soon see a reduction in flood insurance premiums, after the parish improved its class rating for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Jefferson Parish’s...
#16 LA County Officials Approved Emergency Declaration Over Immigration Raids
Oct 16 2025 // Los Angeles County officials voted this week to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. The move...
