In walking tour, L.A. mayor and recovery czar pledge a revived Pacific Palisades
Mayor Karen Bass and chief recovery officer Steve Soboroff said the city would soon hire an outside firm to represent the ...
Ben Affleck volunteers at LA homeless encampment after thousands of houses destroyed in wildfires
Affleck was forced to evacuate his Pacific Palisades home and fled to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s abode due to the fires.
Climate change made devastating LA fires more likely, scientists say
Analysis found the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were 35% more likely due to 1.3C of warming.
Rents rise as refugees from the fires squeeze into L.A.’s tight housing market
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed or damaged more than 8,500 homes in an already tight housing market. Experts said the ...
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Failure of Palisades blaze retainment
The Palisades fire: a natural disaster, or human error? Can it be stopped? No! After the fire started in the 100-mph gust winds, firefighters can only retain the fire until it burns out. But the ...
L.A.'s wildfires have intensified city's decades-long housing crisis | The Excerpt
Peter Dreier, an urban and environmental policy professor at Occidental College, joins The Excerpt to discuss the worsening ...
Ben Affleck shows off charitable side volunteering at LA homeless site after reuniting with ex-wife Jennifer Garner
Ben Affleck is giving back to the Los Angeles community amid the devastating wildfires that swept through parts of the city.
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LA mayor issues housing executive order amid wildfires, crisis
with more homeless residents than any other state. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire ...
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I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire
Regardless of whether the Pacific Palisades fire was directly started by a homeless person, the extent of the destruction from the fire can be attributed to the homeless. A few months ago ...
A furious blame game has erupted over the cause of the LA inferno that has killed 16 and left thousands homeless. Now, as DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals, a new theory …
The mood on the ground here is the same mix of rage and grief I've seen in Ukraine after a Russian missile strike or a ...
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It’s a make-or-break moment for housing in California
On Monday, LA Mayor Karen Bass followed suit with her own executive order calling to expedite rebuilding in Pacific Palisades ... percent increase since 2022. Homeless people already have greater ...
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Pacific Palisades Wildfire: LA Mayor Karen Bass Cut Fire Dept. Funding By $17.6m To Benefit Homeless
LA Mayor Karen Bass faces intense criticism for cutting the fire department's budget by $17.6 million, just months before the devastating Pacific Palisades wildfire. Critics argue that Bass ...