Mailbag: Could Laguna Beach be the next Lahaina?
The Jan. 4 issue of the Washington Post has a valuable article quoting Los Angeles City Councilwoman from Pacific Palisades ...
A $4-billion settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims is in legal limbo as an unusual trial starts
Victims of the deadly Hawaii wildfire that decimated Lahaina are expected to testify in court during an unusual trial to ...
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Maui’s Post-Wildfire Housing Crisis Offers a Warning for Los Angeles
After wildfires devastated the island, homelessness spiked. Advocates fear L.A. could face a similar fate without strong ...
Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
As the deadly LA wildfires and other major emergencies have shown, alerts rely on a complicated chain of communication ...
Lessons from Lahaina for Los Angeles
As our friends, now survivors, started to think about next steps, we passed along what Lahaina survivors have taught us about ...
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Lessons from Lahaina: Months of testing followed post-wildfire reopenings
Lahaina schools in Hawaii were closed for about two months for cleaning and environmental testing following August 2023 ...
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Lessons from Lahaina
The backstory: In August 2023, a wildfire caused by downed power lines destroyed the town of Lahaina on the northwest coast ...
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Bill in Hawaiʻi Legislature would speed up rebuilding of affordable housing complexes destroyed in Lahaina fire
lOfficials visit the site of the former Front Street Apartments in October 2023, two months after a wildfire destroyed the affordable housing complex and most of Lahaina town. Photo: Maui County ...