Los Angeles Times6d
Padilla hopes to increase firefighter pay, create affordable housing for disaster response
Alex Padilla is introducing a package of bills ... wildfire assistance and affordable housing. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be providing temporary housing, such as trailers ...
What happened on Friday, Jan. 17 Crews improved containment of the fires; some residents allowed to return
Some residents began to assess the damage to their homes as firefighters appeared to turn a corner in containing the blazes.
Trump suggests FEMA’s future is in doubt: ‘It gets in the way’
The new president doesn’t appear interested in overhauling or reforming FEMA, only in eliminating the agency altogether.
ABC News6d
'Disasters don’t discriminate,' outgoing FEMA administrator says
Criswell, the outgoing FEMA administrator, sits for an exit interview with ABC. Whether it is a hurricane, major tornado, wildfire or anything in between, disasters "don't discriminate" in where ...
USA Today6d
Is FEMA paying $25K in immediate aid to LA fire victims? No, that's satire | Fact check
A Jan. 9 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a federal emergency response agency is offering more money to California wildfire survivors than to North Carolina residents affected by ...
ABC76d
Scammer files fake FEMA claim, preventing Eaton Fire victim from getting help
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Shanise Hawes wanted her 85-year-old grandmother to file a claim with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Last week, high winds during the Eaton Fire blew embers onto ...
The New York Times6d
Hit by Wildfire? Here’s How to Deal With Insurers and FEMA.
Their advice boils down to two points: You don’t need to settle for whatever your insurance company or FEMA first offers you. And you don’t have to fight them alone. Photograph the damage to ...
Democrat Padilla will 'of course' attend Trump's inauguration, willing to work with new administration
California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which ...
The Desert Sun6d
Is FEMA paying $25K in immediate aid to LA fire victims? No, that's satire | Fact check
“FEMA PAYOUTS: North Carolina Working Class Hurricane Survivors: $750,” reads text in the post. “California Millionaires with Disaster Insurance: $25,000." A logo in the upper lefthand ...
Asheville Citizen-Times6d
Residents in FEMA Helene hotels will now receive advance notice to leave, Edwards says
On Jan. 17, Republican Congressman Chuck Edwards announced that the Federal Emergency Managment Agency has agreed to give all those displaced by Helene but no longer eligible for the program a 21 ...
Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds
An Associated Press analysis of emergency communications shows that the first evacuation order covering neighborhoods closest ...
NBC News3d
Trump issues a slew of immigration-related executive orders on first day of new term
President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders related to immigration on his first day in office, including declaring a national emergency at the border. He made the actions official ...