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When the Big One or another major disaster hits California, the emergency response will need to be massive. Fixing roads and other infrastructure; restoring power and cellphone service; providing food ...

For millions of Californians, 2025 was a year marred by devastating natural disasters. The Palisades and Eaton Fires, which broke out only a week into the year, consumed tens of thousands of acres ...

Mobility challenges, medical needs and failed alerts left many older residents trapped when flames spread and smoke billowed as the Eaton and Palisades fires tore through Southern California last year ...

In 1993, California legislators enacted a law to overhaul how the state manages disasters, including how emergency responders coordinated their work and how they disseminated lessons learned. One ...

Three major California utility companies at the center of multiple fire-related lawsuits share one thing in common: donations to Democrats. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), ...

At COP30, the United Nations Climate Conference, Gov. Gavin Newsom praised California’s use of renewable energy and attacked the energy policies of the Trump administration. But from high prices to ...

Talk about a baptism by fire. The Amazon Disaster Relief California Wildfire Hub, based in an Inland Empire warehouse, opened less than six months before the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires ...

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