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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 ...
Insurer of last resort kept growing. Then L.A. fire victims paid the price
As insurers withdrew from the L.A. market, more homeowners joined the FAIR Plan. Now Jan. 7 fire victims are battling with ...
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Living through a 'low-attention disaster,' Mountain Fire survivors recover in LA's shadow
SOMIS, Calif — The ashes of Hatim Naim's burned home lie just a few dozen miles west of the Los Angeles areas destroyed by January's Palisades and Eaton fires. But because the Mountain Fire ...
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Utilities are planning to bury power lines after the LA fires. Should they?
But as the effects of climate change escalate and we continue to live in areas increasingly prone ... See our coverage on that in the context of the LA fires here.) The fact is, the necessary ...
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The LA fires left behind millions of tons of debris, some of it toxic. Where does it all go?
For more than two months, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has been leading efforts to clear properties damaged in the Eaton and Palisades fires to prepare ... Residents who live near the golf ...
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Fires tied to homelessness make up nearly one-third of LAFD responses
The LA Fire Department says nearly a third of all firefighting responses in the last seven years have been tied to persons experiencing homelessness, and in a new report, officials suggested the ...
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Nearly a third of LA's fires last six years involved homeless people, new report shows
The 7 on Your Side Investigates Team has reported in the past how the Los Angeles Fire Department's response times don't always meet national standards. Now a new memo from Interim LAFD Chief ...
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LA says homeless involved in one-third of fires, one in nine ambulance calls
The memo found rubbish fires — half of which involve the ... what we’ve already known — that the people whom Los Angeles consigns to live and die on the streets are a danger to themselves ...
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$2.4M in grants available to LA restaurants affected by January wildfires. How to apply
The California Restaurant Foundation LA Fire Recovery Grants will provide $10,000 grants to 242 independent restaurants. The direct-relief money will help cover essential business expenses and ...
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Unhoused account for nearly one-third of fire calls: Los Angeles Fire Dept.
The Los Angeles Fire Department has shared a report outlining the impact that an increasing homeless population has had on its resources in recent years. “Fire Department field resources respond ...
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Emergency flight brings shelter animals to the Peninsula after LA fires
This process helps shelters near the fires accommodate displaced animals in need. “So for us to be able to help the animals in Los Angeles, we sort of played chess a little bit and moved animals ...
Living through a ‘low-attention disaster,’ Mountain Fire survivors recover in LA’s shadow
Nearly six months after the Mountain Fire displaced 750 people and destroyed 182 homes and other structures in Ventura County ...