Legislation would speed up light-rail, bus lane conversions, exempting them from environment review
State senator wants bus-only lanes, bike paths, light-rail projects done quicker. He aims to cut red tape, weaken CEQA.
Wittingly or not, LA city, county officials chose fewer firefighters, more OT pay
Columnist Teri Sforza writes that one firefighter made nearly $500,000 in overtime alone. How many more bodies might that ...
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Here’s where victims of the Los Angeles-area wildfires can get help
As the Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Los Angeles County, government agencies and nonprofits are offering ...
As LA fires destroy homes, California’s housing crisis is about to get worse
The wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles County communities have destroyed at least 10,000 homes so far and more are in the path of still-uncontrolled flames.
Air quality monitoring not equipped to measure full dangers from Eaton, Palisades fires, experts say
Unlike typical wildfires, smoke from the L.A. fires — consisting of toxic materials from burned down homes, cars, and more — ...
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After the Eaton wildfire, St. Elizabeth School in Altadena leans on its history
Families and staff at St. Elizabeth Parish School lost homes to the fire. It’s weathered past disasters. “We have good DNA” its principal says.
Eaton fire: Areas reopened to residents, shelters, resource centers
The Eaton fire is burning near Altadena and Pasadena. Here is information on evacuations, shelters for people and animals, ...
Christian Science Monitor11h
Driving through Altadena, I found a community gutted but determined to rebuild
Our reporter surveys fire damage in her neighborhood around Altadena and Pasadena and ponders the future of this microcosm of Greater Los Angeles.
Update: 14,117 acres burned in Los Angeles County by Eaton Fire, still 55% contained
Eaton Fire initially started 6:18 p.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. Since its discovery nine days ago, it has burned 14,117 ...
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Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the ...
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Los Angeles County
Two dirt bike riders at the center of a police chase called up at least a dozen others to join the ride. Two dirt bike riders wanted in a police chase called up at least a dozen others to join the ...