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Disneyland honors fire heroes with a parade and free tickets
The Heroes Salute Cavalcade kicks off a free Heroes Ticket offer for first responders who battled the Los Angeles wildfires.
LA wildfire recovery’s powerful allies: Brains and money
Researchers from Southern California universities are a “brain gain” for January fire homeowners, adding data, help where ...
Advocates push for mandatory retrofitting of existing homes in fire zones
Owners of the 7,300 homes that escaped the January wildfires need financial assistance to harden their houses, residents and ...
How we tested the soil in Altadena and Pacific Palisades
Following best practices from previous federal post-wildfire soil-testing efforts, The Times collected samples from ...
L.A. Times finds alarming levels of soil toxins in Altadena and Pacific Palisades
Noah Haggerty is an environment, health and science reporter at the Los Angeles Times. With a background in physics, he has conducted research on spacecraft propulsion, fusion energy and plasma — the ...
At historic home of Will Rogers, a painful question after fire: What comes next?
Rogers, fresh off his first silent film, “Laughing Bill Hyde,” moved with his wife, Betty, and their four children to ...
The L.A. wildfires left lead and other toxins in the soil of burn zones. Here are their health risks
The Times tested for lead, mercury and other heavy metals in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. From respiratory problems to ...
Los Angeles starts to rebuild after devastating fires
Some 17,000 homes, businesses and other structures burned to the ground in the Jan. 7 fires. It’s uncertain how much will be ...
LA residents start to rebuild months after wildfires destroy Pacific Palisades
Nearly four months after wildfires reduced thousands of Los Angeles-area homes to rubble and ash, some residents are starting to rebuild.