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LA County Told to Pause $4B in Abuse Payouts as DA Probes Fraud Claims

Jan 30 2026 // Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked the county to hold off on making initial payments for a landmark $4 billion sexual abuse settlement while his office conducts a criminal investigation of...

Trump Putting Zeldin in Charge of Permits to Rebuild After LA Wildfires

Jan 29 2026 // President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will put Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin in charge of helping homeowners get permits to rebuild after the California wildfires last January.Related:...

Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts

Jan 27 2026 // President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows the federal government to preempt state and local regulations in the recovery efforts of last year’s Los Angeles wildfires, blaming the destruction and its...

What A Community Foundation Learned Spending $100M After The LA Fires

Jan 22 2026 // When fires broke out across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025, Miguel Santana grasped the magnitude of the catastrophe befalling his hometown sooner than most — he flew over the blazes, twice.Climbing above the LA basin on his...

Edison Sues LA County Over Fire Deaths for Delayed Alerts

Jan 20 2026 // Edison International sued Los Angeles County and other public agencies for allegedly failing to ensure timely evacuation alerts that the company says could have saved most of the 19 people who died in a massive wildfire...

LA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans

Jan 20 2026 // A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, many survivors face the same problem: Their insurance policies aren’t paying out enough to cover the cost of rebuilding.It’s a tragic predicament. And it will happen...

The Return Period for An LA Wildfire-Scale Event May Be Shorter Than You Think

Jan 15 2026 // There has been no shortage of analyses and reporting released for the one-year anniversary of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, which destroyed more than 16,000 properties and have generated more than $22 billion in...

Billionaire NFL Owner Suing Over Billboards Near His LA Stadium

Jan 12 2026 // Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the National Football League’s Los Angeles Rams, has taken a stand against billboards that he says threaten the prosperity of his $5.5 billion sports and entertainment complex...

Company Hit With $9 Million Fine for 2023 Oil Spill off Louisiana Coast

Jan 9 2026 // Pipeline safety regulators this week assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana in 2023. But the $9.6 million fine...

Less Than a Dozen Homes Have Been Rebuilt a Year After LA Wildfires

Jan 9 2026 // On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scant home construction projects stand out among the still mostly flattened landscapes.Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt in Los...

Progressive Approved for Personal Auto Rate Decreases in Louisiana

Jan 8 2026 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has approved Progressive Security Insurance Company’s request for a 6.6% average rate decrease on its over 270,000 private passenger auto insurance policyholders and...

Their Homes Survived The LA Wildfires; A Year Later They Fear Living in Them

Jan 7 2026 // “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn child. Causes damage to the central nervous system.”Block after block there are...

JPMorgan, Citi Extending Mortgage Relief for LA Wildfire Victims

Jan 6 2026 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a group of major banks have agreed to extend mortgage relief for Los Angeles wildfire victims, as the area struggles to rebuild one year after the devastating blazes.Wells Fargo & Co.,...

Morningstar: A Year Later, LA Wildfires Were ‘Significant Stress Event’ for Insurance

Jan 6 2026 // In a report one year on from the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025, which started on Jan. 7, Morningstar DBS Research issued a perspective that called the fires “a significant stress event” for...

Woman Who Lost Home in LA Wildfire Sowed Hope Where Her Home Once Stood

Jan 6 2026 // Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood—one sunflower at a time.The registered nurse and mother of three lost her 1898 farm-style house in the Eaton Fire, one of two...

Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago

Jan 5 2026 // Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke out a year ago on Jan. 7.The claims data, which comes from the California Department of Insurance, shows...

Louisiana Man Sentenced for Multi-State Vehicle Theft Scheme

Dec 22 2025 // A Louisiana man was sentenced this month to 115 months in federal prison for his involvement in an alleged multi-state vehicle theft.U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Christopher Don Byerley, age 45, of...

LA Fires and US Severe Convective Storms Drive Insured Losses of $107B in 2025

Dec 16 2025 // Insured losses from natural catastrophes will surpass US$100 billion mark in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year – driven mainly by January’s record Los Angeles wildfires as well as severe convective storms (SCS)...

State Farm Files for Auto Rate Decrease, Homeowners Rate Increase in Louisiana

Dec 12 2025 // More than one million State Fam auto insurance policyholders in Louisiana should see a decrease in premiums in 2026, as Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple approved the carrier’s request for a 5.9% average rate...

Judge Orders Trump to End National Guard Troop Deployment in LA

Dec 11 2025 // The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ordered Wednesday in an emphatic ruling.U.S. District Judge Charles...