Hawaii wildfire victims spared from testifying after last-minute deal over $4B settlement
Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial Wednesday to determine ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
Image shows unscathed house after wildfires in Hawaii, not Los Angeles
As deadly wildfires ravaged Los Angeles and destroyed thousands of structures in January 2025, an image of a red-roofed house surrounded by scorched rubble was shared in social media posts that ...
A Lahaina Fire Survivor’s Step-by-Step Guide to Recovering From Tragedy and What to Do First
A former Billboard editor-in-chief (and THR music editor) and her family escaped the inferno that reduced her beloved Maui ...
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Red roof house survived Hawaiian wildfire, not associated with Los Angeles | Fact check
"This is the home of a Christian in Los Angeles, California," reads the ... in 2023 after it survived a devastating wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii. The image is not associated with the wildfires ...
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Red roof house survived Hawaiian wildfire, not associated with Los Angeles | Fact check
Truly, GOD is his refuge (sic)." This image is not associated with the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. It shows a house that survived an earlier wildfire in Hawaii. Many versions of the claim ...