Newsom Leans on Veteran Republican to Push $40 Billion California Fire Aid February 28, 2025 By Eliyahu Kamisher California Gov. Gavin Newsom is enlisting veteran Republican lawmaker Ken Calvert to help push his $40 billion wildfire aid request...
Fire Danger in LA Is All Around, But Signals to Residents Are Mixed February 26, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman and Andre Tartar In the era of cutting-edge computer modeling, satellite data and AI, there has never been more abundant information on the...
How Trump’s Mass Layoffs Raise Wildfire Risk in the West, According to Fired Workers February 25, 2025 By Martha Bellisle and Claire Rush The termination letters that ended the careers of thousands of U.S. Forest Service employees mean fewer people and less resources...
How Better Water Systems Can Help a City Survive The Next Firestorm February 24, 2025 By Brittany Peterson Santa Rosa. Paradise. Boulder County. Lahaina. Los Angeles. All are places that have shown that American cities and their water...
LA Mayor Removes Fire Chief in Fallout From Palisades Blaze February 21, 2025 By Sarah McGregor Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing failures in the department’s response to the devastating Palisades...
Zurich Insurance Sees $200 Million LA Wildfire Loss February 21, 2025 By Noele Illien Zurich Insurance Group AG is expecting pretax losses of $200 million from the January California wildfires as the insurer reported...
Airbnb Billionaire Plans Factory-Built Homes for LA Fire Victims February 20, 2025 By John Gittelsohn Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate...
Farmers Estimates $600M in Losses from LA Wildfires February 19, 2025 Farmers said on Wednesday that it expects losses from the Los Angeles wildfires last month to reach an estimated $600...
Insurers Have Now Paid Out Nearly $7B for LA Wildfires, Report Shows February 13, 2025 Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.9 billion for losses from the biggest two of the Los...
Southern California Edison Gear Ignited More Fires in 2024 Than Previous Year February 13, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that...