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.
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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, ...
Opinion: No one should need the Watch Duty app. As fires near, officials should communicate better
What we’ve discovered through years of studies and user interviews is that, in an emergency, information fatigue never occurs ...
Edison denied causing destructive 2017 fire. Feds now believe utility suppressed evidence
Southern California Edison claims there were no electrical anomalies on its transmission lines in Eaton Canyon leading up to ...
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We are releasing the monsters
California’s well-documented climate and fire history lets us see how global warming is cooking up ever more extreme fire ...
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.
Video of sparks points to Eaton Fire’s origins, lawsuit says
A video released as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Southern California Edison, the electrical utility for Los Angeles, ...
Opinion
Trump doesn’t understand California’s complex water network. But that’s not the point
Trump's justifications for his fire-related executive order provides the illusion that problems are being solved when they are festering.
What people who rebuilt their homes after wildfires wish they’d done differently
California homeowners who have experienced loss from wildfires offer a glimpse at the road ahead for Los Angeles fire victims.
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 ...
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 ...