Donna Vickroy: As the LA fires have shown, everyone needs a fire — and other disaster — safety plan
It’s a long way from LA to Chicago, but the world is small if you have friends or relatives in Southern California, or if you ...
Can LA wildfires prompt new focus on community mitigation efforts?
The devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires has resonated far beyond Southern California, as local officials and residents ...
Fire Devastation Underscores Need for Community-Based Resilience Approaches
The crisis underscores efforts to look beyond the forests and public lands that have been the traditional focus of wildfire ...
Unfounded conspiracies swirl on energy weapon use amid Los Angeles fires
As deadly wildfires devastated a wide area of Los Angeles in early 2025, social media posts claimed that directed energy ...
Scientific American6d
How Will Fire Investigators Trace the Source of the L.A. Wildfires?
Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition ...
Firefighter-backed fire safety essentials to have at home in case of emergency
Fire safety experts warn that you may have as little as two minutes to escape a burning home. It’s not often that one ...
The Independent2d
Firefighters to be demoted for missing live fire training
Firefighters in St. Clair Township who don’t attend mandatory live fire training will be demoted and their pay will be cut until they’ve completed the training. That as the department struggles to ...
New York Post4d
California is years behind in implementing a law to make homes more fire resistant
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California history, state lawmakers in 2020 passed new requirements for clearing combustible materials like ...
Digital Insurance1d
How Los Angeles wildfire damage compares to worst blazes
The LA wildfires already have an estimated $135-$150 billion dollar loss, with an estimated 12,000 structures destroyed and 38,690 acres burned.
Wall Street Journal5d
How the California Fires Are Remaking the L.A. Economy
LOS ANGELES—On a typical weekday, lunch hour is bustling at Toscana Brentwood, a popular restaurant with the Hollywood elite where it isn’t uncommon to see Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger ...
Politico1d
California Playbook
THE BUZZ: MOOD SHIFT — Don't look to leaders of California's big liberal cities to spearhead the Trump resistance. They have bigger problems on their hands. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spent ...