Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is pushing a “green” agenda in the effort to rebuild the Pacific Palisades, offering faster permits for those residents who agree to build “all-electric” homes when they rebuild, rather than using natural gas.
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.
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.”
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has traveled extensively, including to overseas destinations, at taxpayer expense — and not always with a clear work purpose, according to an investigative report by KGO-7.
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.
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.
Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Arkansas in the wake of a deadly storm system that wreaked havoc across several states.
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.
President Donald Trump revealed that his administration is “actively monitoring” severe weather that has impacted states in the southern and midwestern parts of the United States.
Severe weather has left over 30 people dead early Sunday after slamming into parts of the United States.
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara stole away to Bermuda for a junket last week, choosing to attend a conference of insurance executives instead of testifying at a state legislative hearing, with fire victims still in limbo.
Hurricane-force winds struck the Texas Panhandle region on Friday playing havoc with motorists on interstate highways. Much of the devastation is in the Canyon, Texas, region just south of Amarillo.
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.
Millions of residents are preparing as severe winter storms are forecast to hit the United States through the weekend.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is targeting Florida again, as if he had solved all of the major problems in his own state.
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.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) called out Asheville, North Carolina, for including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria in its draft action plan to address the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, with Sec. Scott Turner saying the plan is “unacceptable.”
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.
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.
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has released the list of insurance companies that have agreed to give fire victims over 75% of coverage without making “the list” of their belongings. State Farm is not one of them.
When he arrived, HUD Secretary Scott Turner said: “I’m here, and I’m willing and able to help and to serve.” He meant it. So… was Reagan wrong?
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.
Los Angeles County officially sued utility company Southern California Edison on Wednesday, claiming that its power lines caused the spark that ignited the Eaton Fire in high winds on January 7.
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.
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.
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.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) declared a State of Emergency in response to more than 100 wildfires breaking out in the state that had impacted 4,200 acres.
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.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has given nearly $2.5 million in Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) funds to the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, as well as to the city of Houston to “assist Americans impacted by recent hurricanes and severe storms.”
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).
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.
Ambassador Ric Grenell said Tuesday that he had requested a meeting with the CEO of State Farm to discuss the Los Angeles fires, and the insurance company’s controversial response to the disaster.
