California
County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Kathryn Barger, who both saw swaths of their districts decimated by fire, asked county lawyers to draft a resolution that would increase the maximum penalty for price gouging across L.A. County from $10,000 to $50,000.
A request by L.A. County to temporarily waive state housing laws drew the ire from advocates who accused the county of skirting efforts aimed at boosting affordable housing.
Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza is seemingly swayed by having no good alternatives for where the roughly 230 youths housed in the Downey facility should go instead.
Community groups are dusting off the rapid-response networks they built during President Trump’s first administration to prepare for immigration sweeps in California’s agricultural heartland.
L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone told county supervisors that the still-raging wildfires underscored the need for a “database to track people who have mobility challenges or health challenges.”
Pacific Palisades workers are guarding homes — not against the flames, but against looters, who might see opportunity in an affluent neighborhood suddenly deserted.
Tongva community leaders credit traditional stewardship practices, including the removal of fire-prone eucalyptus, with reducing the wildfire’s impact.