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...
by jpitney | Oct 19, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles, Regulation
Snejana Farberov at Realtor.com: In the Palisades, close to 100% of debris from the fires has been removed from burnt lots by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and private contractors, clearing the way for construction. However, the rebuilding process has been bogged...
by jpitney | Oct 9, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Alene Tchekmedyian at LAT: Los Angeles firefighters will remain on duty for an additional shift during red flag weather warnings in a mandatory protocol instituted after top fire officials failed to pre-deploy engines to Pacific Palisades in advance of the devastating...
by jpitney | Oct 1, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Liam Dillon, Ben Poston, Doug Smith and Jessica Garrison at the Los Angeles Times: More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The five most destructive from 2017 to 2020 burned down 22,500 houses. Just...
by jpitney | Sep 28, 2025 | California Politics, Local Government, Los Angeles
Michelle Ma and John Gittelsohn at LA Daily News: Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned. The TV and stage director had remodeled his Malibu home just five years...
