Who gets to rebuild? Los Angeles fires expose the weakness of U.S. home insurance.
While there has been a growing crisis in insurance for years, the scale and scope of the Los Angeles wildfires brings the issue to a new level, challenging us to ask new questions about how, where and what we build in a changing climate.
Why the water Trump ordered released in California won't help Los Angeles firefighting
The water released from two California reservoirs will likely go to waste, not help Los Angeles with firefighting, experts say.
State Farm seeks an emergency insurance rate increase after LA wildfires. It’s the latest blow to California’s housing market
State Farm General, California’s largest insurance provider, has requested an emergency interim rate hike averaging 22% for homeowners from state officials on Monday, citing a “dire” financial situation after destructive Los Angeles wildfires last month.
State Farm Seeks Rate Increase Following Los Angeles Fires
Insurer State Farm has asked the state of California to approve interim rate increases in the wake of wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area. State Farm said Monday it asked the state's Department of Insurance for an immediate approval to the rate increases,
State Farm seeks emergency rate increase averaging 22% after L.A. fires
State Farm General asked Monday for an emergency rate increase averaging 22%, claiming the Los Angeles County fires have put California's largest insurer in tough financial straits.
State Farm seeks 22% rate hike for California homeowners to cover Los Angeles wildfire losses
On Monday, the company sent a letter requesting the California Department of Insurance approve emergency rate increases averaging 22% for homeowners statewide. It also asked for a 15% increase for renters and condo owners and a 33% hike for rental owners.
State Farm seeks 22% emergency rate hike after receiving 8,700 wildfire claims
State Farm General requested a 22% emergency rate hike in California on Monday, Feb. 3 to cover losses from the Los Angeles County wildfires and stop its “financial deterioration,” the company wrote in a letter filed with the state’s insurance commission.
House members from LA want pollutants from Southern California wildfires tracked
Reps. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, and Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, were joined by Reps. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks, and George ...
Pacific Coast Highway reopens nearly a month after devastating Southern California wildfires
The Pacific Coast Highway is back open in Malibu, California, nearly a month after the deadly Palisades Fire ripped through ...
Developer Rick Caruso announces foundation aimed at rebuilding after Southern California wildfires
He says Steadfast LA is “about getting our hands dirty, breaking through obstacles and physically rebuilding — brick-by-brick ...
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Author's story of coping after a wildfire resonates with community affected by latest Los Angeles-area fires
Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.
State Farm Seeks an Urgent Increase in California Rates After Fires
State Farm has received more than 8,700 claims from the Los Angeles fires alone and paid more than $1 billion to customers, ...
California fires updates: Death toll in Los Angeles fires rises to 29
At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...
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State Farm wants 22% rate increase for California homeowners following LA fires
State Farm has nudged California to immediately approve a 22% rate increase for homeowners in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires.
Los Angeles wildfires: California cities vow to ‘shut down’ EPA’s dumping site for ‘toxic’ waste
Four cities in Southern California are opposing an EPA processing site for "hazardous" waste from Los Angeles County's ...
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Lynners driven to help Los Angeles fire victims
They aren’t just collecting donations for fire victims; they’re packing them up in a rental and driving them to California themselves.  That’s right, Anthony “Skee” Johnson, Ed “Tray Cook” Wallace and ...
California flood watch raises risk of mudslides days after wildfire containment
About 13 million people are under flood watches across California, where heavy rain is expected to produce flooding, ...