Many L.A. Fire Survivors Face Insurance Delays and Can’t Return Home a Year Later

‘Anger And Exhaustion’: LA Still Reeling One Year After Historic Twin Infernos

It has been exactly 365 days since the smoke cleared, yet for thousands of residents across Los Angeles, the haze has never truly lifted. Today marks the solemn one-year anniversary of the Palisades and Eaton fires, twin disasters that carved a path of devastation through Southern California and forever altered the region’s landscape. The statistics […] ‘Anger and Exhaustion’: LA Still Reeling One Year After Historic Twin Infernos

Many L.A. fire survivors face insurance delays and can’t return home a year later

In summary Despite billions in dollars of claims paid out, fires exposed problems in California’s beleaguered insurance market. All policyholders are likely to see premiums rise. A year after the deadly Los Angeles County fires, California’s property insurance market remains problematic; survivors are suing insurers over delayed or denied claims; and most of the state’s policyholders are likely to see their premiums rise. Seven in 10 L.A. fire s…

One year after the LA fires, survivors’ big question: Where’s the accountability?

Government failures worsened the disasters that killed 31 people and destroyed 13,000 homes in Los Angeles last year. Muddled investigations have compounded frustrations.

One year later, California wildfire recovery still has a long way to go

Insurers point to billions of dollars in claims paid, while wildfire survivors advocates say many haven't yet received what they are due.

Spectrum News 1: Property Insurance Struggles After LA Fires

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One Year After the L.A. Fires, the Work Continues

One year after the Palisades and Eaton fires devastated entire neighborhoods across Los Angeles County, the recovery is still unfolding. For thousands of families, rebuilding has proven to be a long, complex process—one shaped by insurance gaps, rising construction costs, housing shortages, and the lasting mental and emotional toll of displacement. While the first days and weeks after the fires were marked by urgent emergency response, the year …