Tag: los angeles area wildfires
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Edison details how much it plans to pay Eaton fire victims
LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison hasn’t accepted responsibility for igniting the Eaton fire, but it is now offering each victim who lost their home hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a draft of its planned compensation program. The owner of a 1,500-square-foot home destroyed in the wildfire, given as an example in the…
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A ‘Roomba for the forest’ could be SoCal’s next wildfire weapon
LOS ANGELES — The giant, remote-controlled vehicle — somewhere between a tractor trailer, a tank and a Zamboni in appearance — slowly rolled across the dry, brittle grass growing between the tangle of freeways making up the 101 and 23 interchange in Thousand Oaks. Inside the beast, fire churned. And as it rolled over the…
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Electric customers to pay $9 billion more to California wildfire fund under proposed bill
LOS ANGELES — California electric customers would pay $9 billion more to shore up the state’s wildfire fund under a last-minute deal reached behind closed doors that was introduced as legislation on Wednesday. Southern California Edison, and the state’s two other large for-profit electric companies, had been lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders, urging…
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Commentary: What wildfires do to our bodies when the smoke settles
In fall 2020, I woke up in an apocalypse. It was 8 a.m., but the world outside was dark and blanketed by an angry red sky. With all the lights on in the house, we watched specks of smoke and debris float down outside from a nearby wildfire in Northern California. I will never forget…
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American Red Cross Awards $1.9 Million Grant to Money Management International for California …
STAFFORD, Texas, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The American Red Cross has awarded a $1.9 million grant to Money Management International (MMI) and its Los Angeles-based partner, Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County (NHS), to support wildfire-impacted households across California. Over the next two years, the initiative will deliver financial resiliency services in…
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After Record Trump Aid to L.A., SBA Administrator Loeffler Slams Newsom and Bass for Wildfire …
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA, Sept. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yesterday, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler slammed California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for abandoning wildfire victims to bureaucracy, leaving families and small businesses unable to rebuild eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires devastated the state. While…
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Northwest Financial Experts Urge Homeowners to Proactively “Disaster Proof” Their Finances—Lessons Learned from Wildfire Experiences
PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 9, 2025– Homeowners in areas around the U.S. continue to face the threat of natural disasters as wildfire, flood, and hurricane seasons converge in late summer and fall months. Beyond immediate safety concerns, the financial aftermath of natural disasters can be devastating. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, a 50-year-old privately owned investment firm…