Should builders permit their own projects? Post-fire LA considers a radical idea
The recent spate of Los Angeles County fires has led many different parties to re-examine state and local approaches to ...
Los Angeles Times6d
‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
It’s a crossroads the region has found itself at before when the power of fire left us reeling. “California is built to burn — it’s not unique in that — but it’s built to burn on a ...
CalMatters on MSN4d
As fire season grows, California senators push for more year-round firefighters
Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposed that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the ...
Yahoo News UK4d
California wildfires latest: Rain brings relief — and mudslides — to burn areas in Los Angeles
Southern California finally received some much-needed rain this week after weeks of historically dry, windy weather fueled this month's deadly wildfire outbreak — but with it came the threat of ...
Yahoo News5d
DNR lifts burning restrictions
seasonal burning restrictions will be lifted in all counties and burning permits for vegetative matter will once again be available. “Heavy rains drenched northeastern Minnesota on Thursday, ...
The Hill6d
The Los Angeles wildfires are finally contained, but Californians still aren’t safe
But the LA fires have created an entirely different risk; as homes and buildings burn in Los Angeles ... in the number of buildings destroyed in California wildfires. These wildfires in urban ...
Politico2d
California Playbook
PLAYING WITH FIRE— Attorneys for wildfire victims in Altadena are alleging that Southern California Edison secretly re-energized transmission lines and altered key evidence that would show how ...