FEMA is losing scores of employees. What does that mean for disaster recovery?
Cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency could affect people across the country who are struggling to rebuild and ...
FEMA targets climate, diversity workers as Trump’s cuts widen
The jobs of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees tied to climate change and related hazards are next on the chopping ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat5h
Politicians rise or fall on disaster response. The Los Angeles fires are California Gov. Newsom’s big test
Facing what is expected to be one of the costliest natural disasters in the country’s history, Gavin Newsom has leaned all ...
NBC Los Angeles on MSN1d
Los Angeles opens 4 new fire recovery centers. Here's where
Four new fire recovery centers opened across Los Angeles Tuesday morning to assist the victims of the devastating Palisades ...
LA Public Press on MSN1h
LA County backs some emergency renter protections after fires
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to back a measure to help some tenants across the county who are ...
The Hill7d
Eliminating FEMA would be ‘huge mistake’ after California wildfires, Democrat says
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) said it would be a “huge mistake” to terminate the Federal Emergency Response Agency (FEMA) in the wake of back-to-back natural disasters, including the Los Angeles ...
Los Angeles Times4d
FEMA doubles down on its decision to not test soil as part of wildfire cleanup
federal disaster agencies are defending their decision to forgo soil testing after cleanup crews remove debris from properties that burned in the Los Angeles County fires. The Federal Emergency ...
Farmers announces initial $600-million loss for Los Angeles fires
Farmers Insurance said claims from the Los Angeles fires will cost it at least $600 million, a substantially smaller initial ...
California has known that disabled people need help in fires. After Los Angeles, can it better prepare for the next one?
California has known for years that it must pay extra attention to people with disabilities and limited mobility during natural disasters. Will it put the lessons of the L.A. fires to use for the next ...
Los Angeles Daily News11d
Wildfires could cost Los Angeles billions, but the financial fallout is just beginning
including debris removal and emergency response, the city and county must figure out how to pay for repairs now—without ...
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 ...