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The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland-urban interface. Here’s what that is
Californians live in the wildland-urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
Insurer Chubb puts a price tag on its share of L.A. wildfire woes
Insurer Chubb Ltd. has estimated its costs related to the Los Angeles fires to be around $1.5 billion before taxes.
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This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis
An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and ...
Climate change made the L.A. wildfires 35 percent more likely
A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and Eaton fires.
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The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
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Governor Newsom Announces LA Rises Initiative to Rebuild Los Angeles After Devastating Wildfires
Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday unveiled LA Rises, a private-sector initiative aimed at accelerating the recovery and rebuilding of Los Angeles communities devastated by recent wildfires. The effort, ...
Column: Did a famous grave in the Altadena hills survive the fires?
Altadena resident and filmmaker Pablo Miralles had been scheduled to debut a 20-minute documentary on Owen Brown. Miralles' ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of ...