As Wall Street Chases Profits, Fire Departments Have Paid the Price
Fire engine manufacturing is now largely controlled by three companies. Around the country, prices have soared, and orders ...
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles confronts difficult questions as it rushes to rebuild
As a charred Los Angeles resurfaces from the infernal flames that engulfed the region last month, questions loom as to how ...
Eastern U.S. braces for flooding while fire-damaged California city now faces mudslides
Residents of a Southern California mountain community near the Eaton Fire burn scar are digging out of roads submerged in ...
Torrents of mud and floodwater cover roads and trap cars in LA, but city dodges another disaster
As Southern California recovers from last month’s devastating wildfires, heavy rain resulted in pockets of flooding, blocked ...
KCAL News investigation finds more than 1,300 fire hydrants need maintenance across LA
An investigation has found that hundreds of fire hydrants spanning throughout Los Angeles may be in need of repair, despite ...
How better water systems can help a city survive the next firestorm
Recent fires that consumed entire Los Angeles neighborhoods underscore a stark lesson -- water utilities generally aren’t ...
Portion of PCH closed since Palisades Fire to open for essential travel only
Officials at the California Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced the expansion of the “soft closure” of ...
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Should Builders Permit Their Own Projects? Post-fire LA Considers a Radical Idea
LA explores radical permitting idea to speed rebuilding after fires, sparking debate on safety vs. efficiency.
LA Fire Department Chevy Pushed Into Pacific Ocean By Huge Mudslide
Not long after huge wildfires tore through much of Los Angeles, the city was hit with huge rain storms which triggered an abrupt mudslide on the Pacific Coast Highway over the weekend. The mudslide ...
California firefighters make progress on Hughes Fire in Castaic; maps show areas under evacuation
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with ...
Pasadena shelter closes, Duarte shelter opens for Eaton fire victims
A new shelter for evacuees displaced by the Eaton fire is opening in Duarte, the Los Angeles County Department of Public ...
Should builders permit their own projects? LA considers a radical idea
The recent spate of LA fires has led many different parties to re-examine state and local approaches to building approval.