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Wildfire Updates
As wildfires continue to impact our communities, LAist, PBS SoCal, KCRW, and CalMatters have come together to deliver free, reliable local news and updates. Daily to start. Less frequent as conditions improve.
Wildfire Updates is a new newsletter from LAist, PBS SoCal, KCRW and CalMatters that helps Southern Californians make sense of our catastrophic wildfires.
LAist’s Wildfire Coverage
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Laguna Beach police said they used video to identify a 13-year-old they arrested on suspicion of "felony reckless burning of forest land." -
There’s been significant progress in the recovery effort, but there’s a long road ahead. -
Thirty percent of overdue properties didn't receive the necessary permit to even begin removal. -
After the LA fires, mortgage companies promised to give devastated homeowners a break. Some have notBorrowers who lost homes tell LAist their banks are not following the rules of a state mortgage relief program. Some have been told they could face foreclosure. -
Experts from UCLA and industry release recommendations, which one L.A. County supervisor calls a roadmap for future policymaking. -
The judge said the state’s fire insurance of last resort violates the state insurance code.
