Live Updates: Fires in California leave at least 10 dead, decimate Los Angeles area
The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia and Kenneth fires are burning in Southern California, destroying more than 10,000 structures. Here are the latest updates.
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California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
The Palisades Fire could cause more than $10 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.
Los Angeles to be hit with ‘life-threatening’ windstorm, strongest in a decade
A “life-threatening, destructive, widespread windstorm” is expected Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning, Los Angeles ...
California Homeowners Get New Protection From Insurance Cancellations
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a one-year moratorium that protects homeowners' insurance if they live in the areas impacted by wildfires.
Palisades Fire devastates LA County, jumps in size as winds batter Southern California
Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades grew to more than 20,400 ...
From flooding rain to unmitigated wildfire: Why California is ground zero for disasters
Eleven months ago, the Los Angeles area was under water. Nearly a foot of rain fell in just a couple of days in early ...
How a rare windstorm whipped up LA County’s catastrophic hellscape
A UCLA climate scientist said the “strong wind event would not have produced a fire catastrophe had we gotten, say, an inch ...
California windstorm: Strongest SoCal winds in 14 years pose extreme fire risk
A high wind warning is in effect for the Los Angeles area from 4 p.m. Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday. As of 5:24 a.m., the ...