Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday
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Opinion | The Best Time to Fireproof Los Angeles Was Yesterday

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “The city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself,” Joan Didion wrote way back in the 1960s. And on X and Truth Social and, indeed, Fox News, they were playing the hits, too — the fires were not the result of climate…

L.A. Utilities’ Decisions to Keep Power On Are Scrutinized
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L.A. Utilities’ Decisions to Keep Power On Are Scrutinized

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Power lines near the Eaton and Palisades fires in the Los Angeles area were on when those blazes started on Tuesday, which energy experts said was concerning because electrical equipment has often ignited infernos during periods of high wind in California and elsewhere….

An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything
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An Altadena Family Escaped the L.A. Wildfires, but They Lost Almost Everything

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines There was, at first, not even a whisper of fire. Aurielle Hall had heard about the blaze that had broken out in the coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades that morning. But she was in Altadena, a hillside community 40 miles away and outside…