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This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis
An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
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Insurance and wildfires
For a time, California's insurance system was maybe workable. Big, destructive fires used to be rarer, so the insurance ...
FireAid, the massive benefit concert to help LA fire victims, came together quickly. Here’s how
As the Los Angeles area continues its recovery from a series of debilitating wildfires, the benefit concert FireAid this week ...
Years ago, I watched my hometown burn. This song gave me hope.
It was there that I burnt my wrists under hot plates of chilaquiles waitressing at the Omelette Express and stood with my ...
The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is.
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone ...
Column: Did a famous grave in the Altadena hills survive the fires?
Altadena resident and filmmaker Pablo Miralles had been scheduled to debut a 20-minute documentary on Owen Brown. Miralles' ...
I'm a Therapist Who Escaped the LA Fires. Healing Has No Roadmap
The simple act of walking can rewire trauma's hold on our nervous systems. Our brains respond to this natural rhythm, ...
What we know about the victims killed in the California wildfires
Twenty-eight people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires ...