Lawsuit Claims LADWP Power Line Sparked Second Blaze in Palisades Fire
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 ...
Tag: Wildfires
Exclusive — Rep. Doug LaMalfa: Special Master Needed to Oversee Fire Aid for California
LOS ANGELES, California — 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 ...
FEMA Fraud: 20 Times More Applicants than Homes in Los Angeles Fires
LOS ANGELES, California — 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. ...
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Says City Considering Suspending Measure ULA Tax to Help Rebuilding
LOS ANGELES, California — L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said Tuesday that she and the City Council are considering ways to suspend Measure ULA, a controversial real estate transfer tax, during ...
Bungled Attempt To Make Backyard S’mores Likely Caused Wildfires On Long Island, NY Officials Say; Blazes Near The Hamptons Fully Contained
A botched attempt to make backyard s’mores caused wildfires that burned hundreds of acres on the eastern end of New York’s Long Island, area officials said Monday. Suffolk County authorities ...
Malibu, Hit by Fires, Now Hit by Earthquakes as Well
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 ...
Wildfires In The Hamptons Now Contained, But Weather Conditions Maintain Threat To New York Enclave
Firefighters have managed to knock down wildfires in Westhampton Beach, NY, gateway to the Hamptons on New York‘s Long Island, but dry and windy conditions continue to keep the risk ...
L.A. Times: Mayor Karen Bass Is Deleting Her Text Messages
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 ...
State Farm Ain’t There: Insurance Giant Not Budging to Help Fire Victims Avoid ‘The List’ to Collect Personal Property Payouts
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. ...
HUD Secretary Scott Turner Extends Fire Victims’ Foreclosure Moratorium for 90 Days
ALTADENA, California — 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 ...
