An LA County Botanical Gem to Offer Wildfire Survivors a Garden Respite as Six Months Post-Fire Near

An LA County botanical gem to offer wildfire survivors a garden respite as six months post-fire near

As the sixth month anniversary of the Eaton and Palisades fires approaches, The Arboretum and Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation are offering a garden respite for survivors. Residents impacted by the mammoth wildfires are invited to spend the day, from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., on June 29, walking the botanical paths of the Arboretum in Arcadia. Courtesy of the Georgina Frederick Children’s Foundation, Free Community Day allows gue…

Officials should help rebuild fire-safe neighborhoods_ says UCLA report for LA County

A rebuilding authority tasked with helping finance and accelerate fire-resistant construction and the formation of a fire control district designed to create buffer zones and coordinate building in vulnerable neighborhoods are among the chief recommendations for recovery in the wake of the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades wildfires, according to a joint Los Angeles County-UCLA report issued Friday. The independent commission launched in February…

Officials should help rebuild fire-safe neighborhoods, says UCLA report for LA County

A rebuilding authority tasked with helping finance and accelerate fire-resistant construction and the formation of a fire control district designed to create buffer zones and coordinate building in vulnerable neighborhoods are among the chief recommendations for recovery in the wake of the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades wildfires, according to a joint Los Angeles County-UCLA report issued Friday. The independent commission launched in February…

Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery Releases Final Recommendations, Calling for Regional Rebuilding Authority, Countywide Fire Control District, and Other Actions

/PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery (the Commission), released their final recommendations and action...

Students Showed Resilience as Schools Recovered from L.A. Fires

This article was originally published in EdSource.Several weeks after students returned to Canyon Charter Elementary School following the Los Angeles fires in January, a second grade student at the school cried as his teacher packed up an absent friend’s belongings. “What are you doing with this stuff?” the student asked, his grief ongoing, and mounting. Katje Davis said it was difficult to explain that his friend was displaced by the Palisades …

California’s Wildfire Rebuild Not Happening At ‘Lightning Speed’

Five months after fires ravaged Los Angeles, Democratic leaders’ promise of “lightning speed” rebuilding has yielded only sluggish progress with few permits issued. The January blaze destroyed over 16,000 structures across Los Angeles County and the cities of Los Angeles, Pasadena and Malibu. Democrat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom promised swift recovery, but bureaucratic delays […] California’s Wildfire Rebuild Not Happenin…