A lawsuit filed Monday claims that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is to blame for at least some of the damage in the Palisades Fire due to a power line that allegedly sparked a second blaze during the event.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman officially reinstated the death penalty for the most serious crimes on Tuesday — though a state moratorium imposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 remains in effect.
Members of the Los Angeles City Council voiced their frustrations on Tuesday after learning that the city had only issued four building permits since the Palisades Fire — while paying $10 million to Hagerty Consulting for a “report.”
The book, however, repeats the central mistake of liberalism under the Democratic Party, which is to presume that the role of government is to move the country towards utopia, rather than to protect its citizens from basic dangers and disaster.
Appearing on his “Literally!” podcast with guest Adam Scott, Rob Lowe blasted California and Los Angeles saying it’s “criminal” what the state and city have done to the entertainment industry with their overweening rules and extreme costs and taxes.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) told Breitbart News on Thursday that any new fire aid for California should include a “Special Master” to make sure that funding is spent the way that Congress intends.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has received 270,000 applications from purported homeowners in the recent L.A. fires — though only abut 13,000 homes were destroyed.
The City of Los Angeles is bracing for layoffs of thousands of municipal employees due to a budget crisis that is said to be “inevitable,” as the city is reeling from recent wildfires and still preparing to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Conservative radio legend Michael Savage told California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week that President Donald Trump should appoint a “special master” to oversee federal funding for fire relief aid for California due to mismanagement.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said Sunday that a large, class action lawsuit may be the only way to make victims of the recent Los Angeles fires whole, after many lost their insurance due to the state’s price controls on policy premiums.
Instead of recording podcasts, maybe California Governor Gavin Newsom could pay some attention to rebuilding Los Angeles. Here are 8 ideas.
Governor Gavin Newsom is reportedly refusing to release text messages and emails to and from Los Angeles city and county officials regarding the recent wildfires, claiming that they are “exempt” from publication.
Actor Frank Stallone slammed Democrats for California’s decline, citing “rampant crime and filth” that have turned the state into something “scary” that is a far cry from its glory days.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner posted a moving video on Tuesday about his visit last week to the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, two communities that were devastated by the recent L.A. fires.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said Tuesday that she and the City Council are considering ways to suspend Measure ULA, a real estate transfer tax, during the effort to rebuild areas destroyed by recent wildfires.
The repeal of Measure ULA is an urgent necessity — before it is too late to rebuild what was lost.
Los Angeles policies have gotten so out of control that the city forced Rick Polizzi, a producer on “The Simpsons,” to demolish his beloved treehouse inspired by the show.
Malibu, California, which was burned by the Franklin Fire in December and the Palisades Fire in January, suffered a 4.1-magnitude earthquake on Sunday — and is apparently facing a series of similar small earthquakes in the future.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is deleting her text messages, thus defeating efforts by media organizations to obtain them as government communications subject to public records requests, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced an extension of its foreclosure moratorium for homes in the areas impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.
Billions of dollars spent on services for homeless people in Los Angeles are unaccounted for, after a court-ordered audit conducted by Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA).
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner visited the Eaton Fire devastation in Altadena on Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner announced Thursday that the Trump administration is extending a foreclosure moratorium for an additional 90 days to victims of the Los Angeles fires.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner traveled to the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday evening to meet local residents and hear from them firsthand about their needs.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Steve Carell is sending Southern California high school students affected by the devasting wildfires in Los Angeles to the prom for free.
State Farm has chosen to ignore California State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s recommendation that all insurance companies pay 100% of personal property coverage rather than asking fire victims to itemize all contents.
A State Farm executive appeared in a video released Wednesday to say that homes should never have been built in the Pacific Palisades at all, blaming the victims of the recent Los Angeles wildfires, including State Farm’s own customers.
Billionaire Nicole Shanahan, who ran as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate in the 2024 presidential election, will pour millions of dollars into an effort to recall Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over her mishandling of the wildfires.
Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik has written an article celebrating the South Carolina wildfires because he believes they mean California, no longer uniquely exposed to such fires, will not face conditions on federal funds.
The Los Angeles City Council backed Mayor Karen Bass’s decision to fire L.A. Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley, voting 13-2 to affirm the firing. Crowley would have needed ten votes to be reinstated.
A pair of Guatemalan men who allegedly operated one of the biggest human smuggling rings in the United States have been taken into custody in Los Angeles, California.
The New York Times reported Monday on how the local baseball little league in Pacific Palisades is helping the community stay together in the wake of the Palisades Fire, and helping children recover from the trauma of the blaze.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a “state of emergency” on Saturday for brush clearance ahead of peak fire season — but months too late to save the devastated communities of Los Angeles from the Palisades and Eaton fires.
Los Angeles could recover from the Palisades and Eaton Fires by 2029 — but that is a best-case scenario, according to a new report on the regional economic impact of the disaster.
This year’s swag bags for Oscar nominees are valued over $200,000, with dozens of gifts ranging from liposuction vouchers to international resort stays — and in the wake of the historic Los Angeles wildfires, some of the freebies may help victims with repairing or rebuilding their properties or family members’ homes.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin writes: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proud to have completed the largest hazardous materials cleanup in its history—and we did so in record time.
During an interview with Fox L.A. on Thursday, Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said that he pushed Mayor Karen Bass to dismiss now-dismissed LAFD Fire Chief Kristin Crowley and said that, even if Crowley’s criticism of the department’s funding was
Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is contesting her dismissal by Mayor Karen Bass, appealing directly to the City Council to reinstate her, which it can do by a two-thirds vote (10 of 15 members).
Anti-ICE protesters have been taking matters into their own hands by disrupting illegal immigration raids while doxing the identities of federal agents.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially completed “Phase 1” of the cleanup effort in the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire in Los Angeles on Tuesday, finishing in just 28 days after President Donald Trump ordered the agency to move as quickly as possible.
