As a string of wildfires hit Los Angeles County, social media users spread claims that authorities purposefully set the blazes to encourage the development of so-called "smart cities." While America's ...

As heavy rain hit Southern California, the roof of a Smart & Final store in Azusa partially collapsed. The partial collapse ...

A Smart and Final grocery store's roof collapsed ... The collapse happened while the powerful storm brought heavy rain to much of Los Angeles County and the surrounding areas.

Other users conflate smart cities with "15-minute cities ... The SmartLA 2028 plan also only applies to the City of Los Angeles and does not outline a scheme for the rest of the county, which ...

The posts are the latest describing conspiracy theories linking natural disasters to smart city plans that frequently crop up in the United States and Canada. Several wildfires near Los Angeles ...