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AI is coming soon to speed up sluggish permitting for fire rebuilds, officials say.
With a boost from nonprofits, the city and county of Los Angeles are getting free AI permitting software. Will it speed up ...
A single mom earned $300,000 but felt California was still unaffordable. Now, she owns a home while still sending her daughter to private school.
Ebonye Zeno traded Los Angeles traffic and pollution for Albuquerque's affordability, mild weather, and climate action.
LA County wildfire alert mistakenly sent to millions due to tech glitch
A congressional report says a technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles ...
My neighborhood, Skid Row, is not exactly what you think it is
The 50-some blocks known as Skid Row make up one of the most vibrant, social, diverse, interesting and preserved ...
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How Should Los Angeles Rebuild After the Fires?
In the aftermath of this year's catastrophic fires, architects and urban planners begin to consider how to rebuild.
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Report released on erroneous LA wildfire evacuation alerts. Here are key findings
Key findings on the causes of an erroneous wildfire evacuation alert that was accidentally sent to millions of Los Angeles ...
How much damage did the L.A. wildfires cause? After federal cuts, a crucial estimate is missing
Researchers say that over the last few decades, rising global temperatures have been the driving force behind prolonged ...
Los Angeles wildfire emergency alert errors addressed in Congressional report
U.S. Congressman Robert Garcia released a May 12 report, "Lessons from the Kenneth Fire False Alerts." The report came about ...
From ashes to adobe: California wildfire victims turn to ‘radical’ building technique using ‘SuperAdobe’ — consisting of sandbags, dirt and barbed wire — to ‘beat ...
Ellen Snortland and her husband have now lost a home to fire, another to flooding and another to a mudslide — and they’re ...