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Arbor Day: How Los Angeles is replanting trees after devastating wildfires
ABC News joined The Arbor Day Foundation and the Altadena nonprofit Amigos de los Rios to discuss replanting and preserving ...
Altadena suffered a ‘catastrophic failure.’ Did unincorporated status hurt fire response?
Altadena residents, who would see the worst damage from the Eaton fire, also experienced the most issues with evacuation ...
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Looters raise crime by 250% in Altadena, LASD says
Altadena residents who are trying to rebuild following the devastating Eaton Fire say they’re still seeing opportunistic ...
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LA County releases dashboard that tracks rebuilding permits for fire-impacted areas
Los Angeles County launched a website that tracks how many rebuild permits have been issued in Pacific Palisades and Altadena ...
Los Angeles County expects $2 billion in fire costs, adding to budget woes
Los Angeles County is facing a mounting financial crisis, its top manager said Monday, as expected cuts in federal funding, a ...
Opinion
California lawmakers can do a lot to aid LA fire recovery. Steeper looting penalties aren’t part of that
There were relatively few arrests inside evacuation zones during the LA fires, yet California legislators have put looting center stage.
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LA County Board of Supervisors approves motion to accelerate rebuilding in Altadena
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a motion to help expedite the rebuilding process in Altadena following the Eaton Fire. The motion authored ... Some of the county ...
With feds not doing so, UCLA, a private foundation step in to test soil in fire zones
Enter the R & S Kayne Foundation, a philanthropic group that has put up $1 million to test soils in the two fire zones, as ...
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Why some Los Angeles homes are being built to resist wildfires — and some aren't
That's because California is one of the ... deep down into Altadena, and they haven't," says Los Angeles County Fire Department deputy fire chief Albert Yanagisawa. The change in the maps is ...
Southern California fire danger zones increase 76% in new maps
Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...
15 people arrested for allegedly stealing copper from burned Altadena homes
Los Angeles County deputies near the Eaton Fire burn scar arrested 15 people over the weekend for allegedly stealing hundreds ...