LA City Council Passes Budget That Trims Fire, Police Spending June 2, 2025 By Maxwell Adler The Los Angeles City Council approved a $13.9 billion budget proposal for the next fiscal year on Friday, trimming Mayor...
First Heat Wave of Season to Bake West, Increasing Wildfire Risk May 27, 2025 Extreme heat levels of are expected in the western United States later this week, raising the risk wildfires and heat-related...
LA County Wildfire Alert Mistakenly Sent to Millions Due to Tech Glitch May 15, 2025 A technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles County residents in January...
LA Fire Investigation Will Take a Year or More, Edison CEO Says May 1, 2025 By Mark Chediak, Alix Steel and Romaine Bostick The probe into the deadly Southern California Eaton fire is likely to take a year or more as authorities examine...
Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses April 30, 2025 By Ateev Bhandari Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment...
LA Municipal Utility Says No Evidence Energized Power Line Caused Fire March 26, 2025 By Laila Kearney A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) above-ground power line near the Pacific Palisades was energized when the...
California at Risk of New Insurance Bailout Amid Fire Danger March 25, 2025 By Michelle Ma As Los Angeles-area residents recover from one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, California’s insurer of last resort...
Lawsuit: Downed Municipal Power Lines May Have Caused LA’s Palisades Fire March 25, 2025 By Rhea Rose Abraham, Shubham Kalia and Laila Kearney Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal...
25 Pacific Palisades Fire Victims Sue LA and Water & Power March 7, 2025 Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the...
Edison Says Wildfire Fund May Shield Balance Sheet From LA Fire Claims February 28, 2025 By Laila Kearney and Tim McLaughlin California’s $21 billion wildfire fund may shield Edison International’s balance sheet if equipment owned by the company’s electric utility is...