‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillisides and canyons even as the fire risk worsen. For a century, the lure of ...
How to Rebuild From the Ashes
Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park was destroyed by a fire in 2017—but mostly recovered. It could be a model for Altadena and Pacific ...
After critics blast move to pay L.A. recovery czar $500,000, he'll do it for free
Soboroff's salary would have been funded entirely by charitable organizations. Soboroff had defended the arrangement, saying ...
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Malibu Seen: A three-hour Tour De Force Majeure
Random thoughts from a CalFire tour through the forbidden zone On Saturday, Jan. 25, I took a three-hour tour with Brent ...
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Letter to the Editor: Fiddling with a $130,000 contract while Malibu and the Palisades burns
Dear Editor, One of the reasons that thousands of homes in the Pacific Palisades and Malibu burned is because our elected ...
Who's in charge of Palisades fire recovery? The answer has gotten complicated
With mayoral appointees, consulting firms, nonprofit groups and council members all in the mix, it's difficult to discern who ...
LA mandating low-income housing in Palisades rebuild could be unconstitutional, experts say
A prominent public-interest law firm is warning that Los Angeles’ apparent requirement that older apartments be replaced with ...