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 $4B settlement for Hawaii wildfire victims is in legal limbo as an unusual trial starts
Victims of a deadly 2023 Hawaii wildfire that decimated the town of Lahaina are expected to testify in court during an ...
Hawaii wildfire victims spared from testifying after last-minute settlement deal
Hawaii Governor Josh Green announced the 4 billion dollar (£3.2 billion) settlement — agreed by the state, power utility Hawaiian Electric, large landowners and others — about a year after the ...
Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
The Most Overvalued U.S. Housing Markets
It wasn't that long ago that the housing market was fairly balanced, and many households could jump on that first step of the homeownership ladder. Five years ago, during the first part of ...
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 ...