Recent wildfires not only brought lose and heartache to the residents of the Los Angeles area, they also scorched state, city and county politics. While the initial voting in the races for California governor and Los Angeles mayor is more than a year away memories of how politicians dealt with the fires and its aftermath will linger.
A public insurance adjuster may help negotiate a better insurance payout for residents who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.
As devastating wildfires fanned by powerful winds ravaged Los Angeles in January 2025, a video of a street shrouded in smoke was shared in social media posts with a false claim that it was filmed in the United States' second-biggest city.
Do they fight for unconditional fight for wildfire victims in their home state? Or fall in line behind President Trump?
California is considering a bill that would allow insurers and victims of climate-driven natural disasters to sue the oil industry for damages. State Sen.
Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California's Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa's Coffey Park subdivision,
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Officials remained concerned that the Palisades and Eaton fires could break their containment lines as firefighters continue watching for hot spots.
Donald Trump, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, which struck North Carolina in September 2024, said that he would like to see states assume more responsibility in the aftermath of natural disasters, rather than the federal government.
Real estate mogul Mauricio Umansky said California needs to work with the federal government in order to help Los Angeles rebuild from the devastating wildfires.
Twice a month, Mike Johnson commutes to Los Angeles to work as an LA City fire captain. But for this stretch when fires quickly burned across the Palisades, he was gone much longer. “He called, and he said we got assigned to the fire,” said his wife Kelly Johnson. For 20 days, Mike fought alongside firefighters whose homes were burning.