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Recent large wildfires in California have changed communities forever in ways difficult to predict. Rebuilding statistics tell only part of the story.
Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California’s five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.
It’s been five years since a sudden shift in the wind brought the North Complex fire roaring up a remote canyon into the pines of Berry Creek, where it incinerated almost all of the more than 1,500 houses in the area and killed 16 people.
Methodology on rebuilding homes after wildfires project
Two officers were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Details are sparse on what happened, but police have downgraded the incident and said no further assistance was needed.
The southeastern Los Angeles County city of Norwalk has agreed to repeal a local law banning homeless shelters to end a state lawsuit, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Friday.
To solve its housing crisis Los Angeles must build. Here’s where:
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is restricting duplex construction in Pacific Palisades after an executive order from Gov. Gavin Newsom to weaken a state housing law.
On Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom intends to weaken Senate Bill 9, which allows for as many as four homes on single-family lots, in wildfire affected communities. This week, L.A. City Councilmember Traci Park and Mayor Karen Bass have asked the governor to waive the rules.
