The Los Angeles fires expose a web of governments, weak by design
The question of who is in charge is testimony to the diffusion and, at times, dysfunction that make up the core DNA of the ...
Ex-Los Angeles sheriff blasts wokeness crippling city’s wildfire response: ‘Disaster is not the fires, it’s this ideology’
The degree of mismanagement is epic. It’s incompetence married with poisonous ideology, said Villanueva, who was sheriff ...
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Los Angeles officials face tough questions about preparedness and firefighting strategy
It’s been more than a week since two of the most destructive wildfires in California history broke out within hours of each ...
The L.A. Fires Expose a Web of Governments, Weak by Design
One of the two major fires that devastated this region — the Eaton fire — is not even in the city of Los Angeles; it is in an ...
LA County ratifies declarations of emergency, curfews; sets funds for fire victims, displaced workers
A state of emergency is approved by L.A. County Board of Supervisors in effort to gain more state and federal resources ...
L.A. Wildfires: Santa Ana winds drive fire risk back up to extreme levels.
Santa Anas are the desiccating winds that are common in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern ...
Wittingly or not, LA city, county officials chose fewer firefighters, more OT pay
Columnist Teri Sforza writes that one firefighter made nearly $500,000 in overtime alone in 2023. How many more firefighters ...
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Orange County steps gingerly into new era of hate crime reporting
As supervisors retake control of annual survey on bias and conflict, some traditional targets are wary of what is and isn’t ...
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Santa Barbara County Association of Governments Elects New Leaders for 2025
Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse was unanimously selected as 2025 Chair of the Board of Directors for Santa Barbara County Association of Governments ...
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California wildfires: Death toll rises to 16 as Palisades Fire expands east to Brentwood and Encino
Both California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn ... the Los Angeles City Council and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors of “gross negligence and professional ...
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Supervisors Declare Downey’s City of STEM as Official Science Festival of LA County
Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to officially declare the ...
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LA County leaders set to vote on post-fire eviction protections and vacation rental rules
If approved, the proposal would ease Airbnb regulations and give new protections to tenants who open their doors to people and pets displaced by the fires.