by jpitney | Dec 2, 2025 | California Politics, Los Angeles
Liam Dillon at Politico: On the Friday before Thanksgiving, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced “a major milestone” in the recovery from January’s wildfires that razed 13,000 homes across the region: A four-bedroom house in Pacific Palisades had received its final...
by jpitney | Nov 12, 2025 | California Politics
Grace Toohey at LAT They were forgotten amid the frantic evacuation of two senior care facilities, according to state investigators, leaving the elderly women in immediate danger as the smoke and flames of the Eaton fire drew closer. In two reports published recently...
by jpitney | Nov 3, 2025 | California Politics
Grace Toohey and Terry Castleman at LAT: Firefighters urged broader Altadena evacuations before midnight, but three hours passed before officials issued west Altadena mandatory evacuation orders as the Eaton fire advanced. Eighteen of nineteen Eaton fire deaths...
by jpitney | Nov 1, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Paul Pringle and Alene Tchekmedyian at LAT: Firefighters mopping up a small brush fire that authorities say reignited as the Palisades fire five days later were ordered to leave the original burn scene even though they complained the ground was still smoldering and...
by jpitney | Oct 26, 2025 | California Politics, Law, Local Government, Los Angeles, Uncategorized
Rebecca Ellis at LAT: Fesia Davenport, L.A. County’s chief executive officer, received a $2-million settlement related to Measure G, according to a letter released by the county counsel. Davenport had sought damages over “reputational harm, embarrassment, and...
