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Jan 16, 2025

Column: Let's focus on putting out the fires before fueling one at City Hall

If I'm watching my community go up in flames, I'd prefer that officials focus on putting out the fires before starting one at City Hall

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Jan 16, 2025

Fire upheaval forces Palisades High classes online as leaders look for a temporary home

The search is on for a temporary home for fire-damaged Palisades Charter High School as school leaders grapple with ramping up an interim online program.

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Jan 15, 2025

Facing treacherous winds and dangerous drones, L.A. fire pilots describe daring air drops

Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most intense and complicated airborne firefights in U.S. history.

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Jan 15, 2025

Inspections of fire-damaged homes are less than halfway done. Here's how to check your home's status

L.A. County officials have been assessing homes in the path of the Palisades and Eaton fires. Maps, still in progress, have photos of the homes and damage estimates.

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Jan 15, 2025

Column: Why everyone shares the same quotes about wildfires and Santa Anas

This time around, so many folks have posted the same Santa Ana and wildfire quotes to the point that the brilliant is becoming banal.

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Jan 15, 2025

California pushes back tax deadline for L.A. County residents after wildfires

People and businesses affected by the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles will qualify for state disaster tax relief, the governor's office announced.

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Jan 15, 2025

Long stretch of Laguna Beach closed after 465,000-gallon sewage spill

Roughly 465,000 gallons of sewage spilled due to a break in a main sewer line near Laguna Niguel Regional Park, officials said.

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Jan 15, 2025

Former Westside Pavilion now serving as disaster recovery center

The Disaster Recovery Center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the next several weeks.

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Jan 15, 2025

Recovery fund is helping Altadena teen girls who lost their homes feel like themselves again

Avery Colvert, 14, wanted to do something special for teen girls like her schoolmates in Altadena whose lives have been upended by the fires.

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Jan 15, 2025

L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn't

Fire officials made the critical decision to forgo calling in scores of extra firefighters and equipment in the hours before the fire, according to internal documents reviewed by The Times.

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Jan 15, 2025

L.A. City Council passes series of measures to aid recovery from catastrophic fires

L.A. City Council passes a series of actions to address wildfire responses and recovery.

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Jan 15, 2025

FEMA centers open amid anxiety over recovery from the Eaton, Palisades fires

Victims of the Los Angeles County firestorms looking to rebuild their lives arrived at the FEMA disaster recovery center in Pasadena.