State lawmakers respond to L.A. fires with bills to halt price gouging, help schools
California senators gathered in Pasadena on Friday to unveil a package of wildfire recovery legislation, including proposals ...
Los Angeles County wildfires: The ongoing fight to stop the fires and the devastation of neighborhoods
Days after fires began tearing through homes in the Los Angeles area, families are returning to smoldering neighborhoods as firefighters continue their battle against the deadly wildfires.
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Los Angeles wildfires: Returning Santa Ana winds threaten to expand deadly blazes
Dangerous Santa Ana winds are expected to return to the Los Angeles area this week, potentially fueling the growth of new and existing wildfires, according to FOX Weather. The death toll in Los ...
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Los Angeles wildfires claim at least 24 lives as Gavin Newsom faces new funding scrutiny
The Democrat governor, who has been the target of much criticism since deadly wildfires ravaged Los Angeles County within the ... Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
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Waters and Sherman introduce bill to address gaps in wildfire insurance coverage
Another bill, AB 246, calls for a rent freeze across Los Angeles County and would create a civil penalty for landlords who violate it. The effort comes as L.A. City Council moved to bar evictions ...
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Los Angeles races to contain wildfires before severe winds return
LOS ANGELES, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Firefighters raced to contain the frontiers of two Los Angeles wildfires that burned for the sixth straight day on Sunday, taking advantage of a brief respite in ...
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Inmate firefighters: Over 1,000 prisoners deployed to battle Los Angeles fires
As brush fires continue to spread across Los Angeles County, more than 1,000 prisoners ... The state's Assembly Bill 2147, which passed in 2020, allowed inmate firefighters to petition courts ...
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This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires
The disaster in Los ... Angeles fires will exceed its reserves and reinsurance. When that happens, under recent policy changes in California, all policyholders in the state will end up footing the ...
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Bill Hader Issues Dire Warning to Those Impacted by Los Angeles Wildfires
And while surveying the damage to his own home, Bill Hader delivered a warning ... have burned a combined 38,600 acres in Los Angeles County as of Thursday morning. And while the Palisades fire ...
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What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough
Los Angeles County already has strict wildfire building ... So in 2020, state lawmakers passed a bill to create an "ember-resistant zone" within five feet of a house, which is known as "Zone ...
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As Los Angeles burned, I remembered bills killed by Democrats that might have helped | Opinion
Eventually, the scope of the bill expanded to include many other local governments, including Los Angeles County, but cost merely $20 million, which is a pittance compared to the cost to the state ...