Maui Fire Lawsuit Payouts Are Near, but Few Will Break Even May 4, 2026 By Stewart Yerton Leslie Clark isn’t counting on money from the Maui wildfire settlement to help rebuild her family home near Front Street...
LA Fire Suspect Angry About No Date for New Year’s, Prosecutors Say May 1, 2026 By Patricia Hurtado Prosecutors said the man they charged with starting the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles was upset about a...
FEMA Restoring Slashed Flood Mitigation Funds, Now With $20M for SE Projects April 28, 2026 A year after the Trump Administration attempted to halt funding for some resiliency programs, the Federal Emergency Management Administration announced...
LA Utility Taps Muni Market as Buyers Weigh Wildfire Legal Risk March 31, 2026 By Erin Hudson and Amanda Albright Los Angeles’ water and power utility is tapping the municipal bond market with its first offering since a judge ruled...
Even Low-Risk Homes Are Caught Up in California’s Climate Insurance Crisis March 16, 2026 By Todd Woody As another wildfire season looms, insurance companies have abandoned some California neighborhoods at lower risk of burning, forcing tens of...
‘Nation’s First’ Smoke Damage Standards Bill Wending Through California Legislature March 13, 2026 A bill to create a statewide framework for handling wildfire smoke damage insurance claims is now making its way through...
Attorneys for Suspect in LA Wildfire Seek Release Based on New Evidence March 6, 2026 Defense attorneys for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles held a news conference Thursday...
Viewpoint: Claims Handling Breakdowns From LA Wildfires One Year on February 24, 2026 By Dan Veroff It’s been more than a year since the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles, and attorneys who work in...
Cattle Ranchers Search for Feed as Wildfires Burn Grazing Lands February 23, 2026 By Tom Polansek Pasture lands have been stripped down to a sea of sand after wildfires tore across the U.S. Plains, killing cattle...
EPA Outlines Trump Plan to Speed up Rebuilding of Homes Destroyed in LA Wildfires February 6, 2026 By Christopher Weber Trump administration officials traveled to Los Angeles this week to outline the president’s plan to override state and local rules...