California laws on home fire protection can work, LA showed. Will more homeowners take action?
Northern California communities like Paradise that have experienced the worst of wildfire are the most prepared for the next ...
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Paradise implements new defensible space ordinance: Property owners to add 20 feet to fuel break
Property owners with more than one and a half acres of land will now be required by the ordinance to extend their mandated fuel break by an additional 20 feet, ...
What LA did right before the fires — and why it wasn't enough
Los Angeles has wildfire policies that are far tougher than many of those in Western states. The destruction from the recent ...
Here are seven reasons why California’s wildfire prevention efforts aren’t working | Opinion
Reducing wildfire spread while eliminating vulnerabilities that allow vegetative wildfires to spread to homes offers a path ...
This underutilized practice could have slowed down the devastating L.A. fires
Not much could have stopped the powerful fires in Southern California. The flames, fanned by 100 mph winds, were too fast for firefighters. The embers, which sparked countless new fires, sailed over ...
Why some structures may have withstood the Los Angeles area wildfires – while those next door burned to the ground
Sitting in the hotel room where his family sheltered from the Eaton Fire, Eric Martin was certain his Altadena, California, house – the place he’d once believed his 1- and 3-year-old sons wo ...
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Watching L.A. fires from afar, Peninsula residents fearful of wildfire risk in their own backyards
Thousands of residents in Los Angeles County have lost their homes to the multiple fires that sparked as early as Tuesday, Jan. 7. While hundreds of miles away from the blaze, local residents of the ...
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City of Santa Barbara addresses fire preparedness concerns
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A week after deadly fires erupted in Los Angeles, the public comment period at the Santa Barbara City ...
California Democrats plan to tap new climate bond for LA wildfire recovery
Voters approved $1.5 billion in debt spending for wildfire preparation projects statewide. California Democrats plan to tap ...