Edison wants to raise rates to pay for wildfires linked to its equipment

Southern California Edison is asking state regulators to make its customers cover more than $7 billion…

Has ash from the L.A. area fires ruined the soil and garden veggies?

• Unlike ash from vegetation fires, ash from burning buildings usually contains many toxins from melted…

This California city lost thousands of homes to fire. Santa Rosa’s rebuilding has lessons for L.A.

SANTA ROSA, Calif.  —  The sky above their newly built homes was clear, and the ground…

Tourists love Los Angeles. Could the fires change that?

Travelers flying into Los Angeles last weekend were greeted by an apocalyptic sight: billowing clouds of…

Elderly and cash-strapped, a couple considers selling their home

Dear Liz: I’m 80 years old and my wife is 76. Our only retirement income is…

Altadena artists, devastated by Eaton fire, vow to rebuild

A week after the devastating Eaton fire tore through Altadena, killing 17, with 24 people missing…

Paradise lost along Pacific Coast Highway

Everyone knows California is disaster-prone, but there’s a familiar logic to the calamitous geography in this…

Biden administration bars medical debt from credit scores

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit…

Hiltzik: The ‘skin in the game’ myth of health insurance

For more than 50 years, as the economics of American healthcare and health insurance have evolved,…

Hiltzik: Are alien drones and your food utensils out to get you?

The “silly season” of news coverage used to refer to the dog days of summer, when…