Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers ... a coastline perspective in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. AP The latest measure creates a new ...

Back in 2019, a California state climate task force issued a stark warning: endless development in the state’s high-risk wildfire zones was magnifying wildfires and putting more people in their path.

It’s frustrating at every level of government,” said Democratic state Senator Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers who authored the legislation. “I feel like a failure on it, being quite frank.

Henry Stern, who was part of a group of lawmakers ... Stern, the state senator who also lost his home in another Los Angeles fire in 2018, said he struggles to convince his family to follow ...

In an open letter, orchestra contractor and Oscar winner Peter Rotter calls for action to bring back scoring work to the City of Angels. “Our town has become silent, still and devoid of music making,” he writes.

Efforts to protect endangered species contribute to disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires.

The L.A. wildfires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

A 2020 law aiming to make it harder for homes to burn during a wildfire was slated to take effect in 2023, but the board tasked with developing the regulations has not finalized its guidelines.

To many ecologists, economists and other experts on California wildfire risk, the vow to rebuild is part of a familiar California cycle as predictable as the Santa Anas: We keep putting homes in the path of the flames.

To many ecologists, economists and other experts on California wildfire risk, the vow to rebuild is part of a familiar California cycle as predictable as the Santa Anas: We keep putting homes in the path of the flames.

LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.

LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.