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Is Trump using Project 2025 to eliminate FEMA?
President Donald Trump, who made baseless attacks against FEMA during his 2024 campaign, suggested on Wednesday night that he wants to defund the Homeland Security emergency management agency and ...
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How the California wildfires could reshape the insurance industry
The wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area could cause up to $250 billion in economic damage, comparable to the losses from Hurricane Katrina, The Harvard Business Review writes. This escalating ...
California wildfires live updates: Hughes Fire quickly burns 10,000 acres in Los Angeles, Ventura counties
The fire — which erupted near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, north of Santa Clarita, late Wednesday morning — has grown ...
300+ earthquake monitors across Nevada could be used for early alert system
To better understand when a big earthquake is coming, there are earthquake monitoring stations across the state in remote ...
Rents rise as refugees from the fires squeeze into L.A.’s tight housing market
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed or damaged more than 8,500 homes in an already tight housing market. Experts said the ...
Los Angeles wildfires spark interest in adobe, natural building materials
Former home owners thinking about rebuilding want houses that the next fire will not burn easily. Read more at ...
Los Gatos council OKs $1 million for emergency management in wake of LA fires
The Los Gatos Town Council at its Tuesday meeting voted to set aside $1 million for emergency management efforts in the wake ...
Aftershock analysis challenges world's deepest earthquake claim
The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the ...
Why all California homeowners could be on the hook for LA County wildfire costs
Insurance providers could charge policyholders a “supplemental fee” if the state’s insurer of last resort runs out of money.