Editorial: Fires aggravated L.A.’s housing crisis. We need to build homes much faster
This post-disaster period should be an inflection point for government officials to take a hard look at how to speed up ...
California fires live updates: Rain heading to LA this weekend
At least 28 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
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How’s the market? LA fires and homeowners’ insurance
As of this writing on Jan. 14, fires in the Los Angeles Basin have destroyed more than 10,000 structures (threatening another 52,000+) and burned more than 48,000 acres — and that’s just the Eaton and ...
Verisk Estimates Industry Insured Losses for the Palisades and Eaton Fires Will Fall Between USD 28 Billion and USD 35 Billion
Of this total, Verisk estimates insured losses from the Palisades fire will range between USD 20 billion and USD 25 billion, and losses from the Eaton fire will range between USD 8 billion and USD 10 ...
Another PDS alert issued, Los Angeles County reopens Altadena to residents
Southern California is bracing for an "unprecedented" third Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in a month, as extreme ...
California insurance commissioner discusses statewide impact of L.A. fires
The Los Angeles County fires have cast uncertainty over when the insurance crisis buffeting the entire state will ease, ...
Home insurance was already hard to get. Then came L.A.’s fires. Here’s what the data show, and what else to know.
David and Peggy Blue were dumbfounded when they were notified last month that their home insurance would not be renewed because of a tall sycamore tree that overhangs their Altadena house. Their ...
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Dan Walters: Disaster-prone California should adopt a preventive approach, rather than a reactive one
As horrific as they may be, the wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles neighborhoods, destroying homes and businesses and ...
Despite the Risks, California Keeps Building Homes Where Wildfires Burn
The same area saw two large fires burn hillsides and homes over the next three years. There were two in the 1970s, one in the ...
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After LA’s Fires, Don’t Weep for the Insurance Companies
The fires that ravaged residential areas in Los Angeles County, which likely began with the eruption of the Palisades fire on ...