Lawmakers target looters in wake of arrests in Los Angeles-area burn zones
California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...
Quick rebuild sought after Los Angeles wildfires, but same risks threaten new disasters
A similar program was implemented in 2017 in Houston after Hurricane Harvey caused $125 billion in damage. Rather than ...
SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes
Street flooding and mudslides, and a weak tornado, were reported across the region as the storm barreled through Thursday evening.
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Mudslide risk remains
The worst of the storm: A member of the Los Angeles Fire Department was in a vehicle that got swept into the ocean by a ...
Brutal landslides torture California as videos show cars being swept away with people inside
An unidentified firefighter, who was driving a white SUV, was filmed being swept out to sea in Malibu while driving through ...
Heavy rain, warnings of flash floods in Southern California force evacuation orders, warnings
Evacuation orders and warnings have gone into effect for burn scar areas across Southern California as heavy rainfall ...
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Heavy rain raises threat of more mudslides in Southern California
The Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, along with Altadena on the eastern flank of the metropolis, was the sites of the worst of the January blazes. At least 29 people died in the ...
Heavy rain raises threat of more mudslides in Southern California
Southern California was primed for more mudslides and flooding on Friday, especially in areas scorched by last month's ...
‘Disaster amnesia’: The Los Angeles wildfires revealed a deeper, more vicious cycle that has plagued California for decades
The secret is out, but the charred remains of LA neighborhoods still might not be enough to change the Golden State’s ...
Fire-ravaged Los Angeles confronts difficult questions as it rushes to rebuild
As a charred Los Angeles resurfaces from the infernal flames that engulfed the region last month, questions loom as to how ...
How better water systems can help a city survive the next firestorm
Santa Rosa. Paradise. Boulder County. Lahaina. Los Angeles. All are places that have shown that American cities and their water systems weren’t built to withstand wildfire, experts say.
Storm bringing risk of mudslides, debris flows to trigger evacuation warnings in LA burn scars
With heavy rain bringing the risk of dangerous debris flows, the Los Angeles Fire Department has announced evacuation warnings — and mandatory evacuation orders for some specific addresses — in areas ...