Home insurance is a relatively new product, with the first modern U.S. homeowner insurance policy issued in the mid-1950s.

A Washington Post analysis shows that some officials knew of the fire’s westward spread hours before evacuation orders were ...

middle-class town of Altadena, California, are aiming to take charge of their own recovery and rebuilding from the Los Angeles Eaton fires, which killed 17 people, burned more than 14,000 acres ...

Seriina Covarrubias was sure of it. When she had returned after the Eaton fire, much of the Altadena neighborhood was in ruins. Homes and the nearby shops on North Fair Oaks had been destroyed.

Earlier this year, government officials in Altadena, California, finished a long and difficult planning effort to address housing shortages and wildfire risks in the community. Then, the Eaton ...

This is Steve Carell with a very special announcement," the actor said in a video projected in six high school auditoriums throughout Altadena, California on Tuesday. "I work with a wonderful charity ...

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Newsom told lawmakers that Altadena and Pacific Palisades are dealing with “widespread devastation” after what he has described as California’s “most destructive fires to date.” ...

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The January fires in the Los Angeles area devastated communities across Southern California. Among the worst hit was the historic Black community of Altadena. It was one of the first neighborhoods ...

Much of Altadena’s rich architectural history was destroyed in hours. English Revivals. Spanish Colonials. California bungalows. Janes Cottages. Neighborhood landmarks and spaces that protected ...