As crews clean up from LA fires, some residents are furious over hazardous waste
The blazes that began on Jan. 7 charred thousands of buildings, cars and electronics across the Los Angeles area, creating ...
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Edison wants to raise rates to pay for wildfires linked to its equipment
The commission will later consider a similar action that would tap Edison customers to cover $5.4 billion in damages from the 2018 Woolsey fire in Ventura and Los Angeles counties. Southern ...
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State officials approve Edison rate hike for 2017 wildfire sparked by its equipment
A second proposal, still pending, would shift $5.4 billion of costs it paid to victims of the 2018 Woolsey fire to customers. Investigators said Edison’s equipment sparked both fires.
On the Ground With Los Angeles’s Volunteer Fire Brigade
He’s here at sunrise, for the 10th morning in a row, to get the latest updates on the fire and to assign his crew tasks for ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in Paradise; the Woolsey fire, which started the same day and killed three in Malibu; as well as in Colorado's 2021 Marshall Fire, which destroyed more ...
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Palisades Fire is the most destructive ever to hit Los Angeles as forceful winds fuel infernos
The Woolsey Fire killed three people and forced nearly 300,000 evacuations before it was brought under control Nov. 21. Like the Pacific Palisades Fire, the Woolsey Fire was fanned by the Santa ...
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
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SoCal Edison allowed to raise rates to help pay for 2017 Thomas Fire
The utility has also asked for the commission to have ratepayers pay for damages amounting to $5.4 billion for another fire in 2018 — the Woolsey Fire. A decision on that request will be made at ...
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Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
There were two in the 1970s, one in the '80s and three in the '90s. This century those hills saw the Woolsey fire, one of the most destructive burns in California history. The Franklin fire ...
Palisades Fire: Here's what to know in Ventura County
Thousands of firefighters battled the Palisades Fire burning in Los Angeles County Thursday, as intense Santa Ana winds continued to gust up to 60 mph. The blaze that erupted two days earlier in the ...