The Push and Pull of Los Angeles: Beauty and Danger
Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning ...
Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners were dropped by their insurers before the Palisades Fire
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
Boiling Point: The L.A. Times is starting a climate change podcast
Today, the Los Angeles Times is launching Boiling Point, a podcast about climate change and the environment in California and ...
Letters: LA is burning. Let’s find common ground to fight climate change.
Besides the heartbreak of losing lives and losing homes, there are obvious economic factors here that cannot be ignored: ...
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Climate Whiplash and Fire Come to L.A.
Climate change has brought both fiercer rains and deeper droughts, leaving the city with brush like kindling—and the ...
To Be From L.A. Is to Know Its Twin Temptations, Beauty and Danger
Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, reflects on a city, its mythology and a reckoning with disaster.
Opinion: Megafires are a choice
We can mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires with prescribed burns. By reducing brush and other tinder, these small, ...
Inside WA firefighters’ battle for homes in an L.A. canyon
The devastating Los Angeles County blazes have so far killed at least 27 people and razed thousands of structures.