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January 14, 2025

Fire officials stress climate's role over forest management in preventing California blazes

ABC 10

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/california-fuel-reduction-program/103-3b166fbd-7a2f-41cf-ab82-a7d94debc9cd

January 14, 2025

What to know about toxic exposures from LA’s fires

Los Angeles Public Press

https://lapublicpress.org/2025/01/toxic-exposure-fire-air-quality-pollution/https://lapublicpress.org/2025/01/toxic-exposure-fire-air-quality-pollution/

January 14, 2025

Wildfires have ravaged the LA area for a week. Is there an end in sight?

USA Today

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/14/when-will-los-angeles-fires-end/77670350007/

January 14, 2025

L.A. Fires Place Enormous Pressure on Insurance Industry

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908485/l-a-fires-place-enormous-pressure-on-insurance-industry

January 14, 2025

Hidden microbes protect coastal waters. Will they do their job as sea levels rise?

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/01/beach-guardians-how-hidden-microbes-protect-coastal-waters-in-a-changing-climate

January 13, 2025

Four lawsuits filed against Southern California Edison over Eaton fire

Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-13/lawsuits-filed-against-southern-california-edison-over-eaton-fire#:~:text=Lawyers%20for%20homeowners%20in%20the,Southern%20California%20Edison%20transmission%20tower.

January 13, 2025

As dengue cases rise, research points to a simple solution: trash cleanup

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/01/waste-reduction-a-key-defense-against-rising-dengue-cases

January 13, 2025

Rising concerns over CA FAIR Plan's financial capability due to LA wildfire costs

ABC 7 News

https://abc7news.com/post/rising-concerns-california-fair-plans-financial-capability-due-los-angeles-wildfire-costs/15788536/

January 12, 2025

Power lines? Old embers? Arson? Investigators, experts, amateurs look for cause of L.A. fires

Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-12/power-lines-old-embers-arson-investigators-experts-amateur-sleuth-seek-cause-of-l-a-firestorms

January 12, 2025

Los Angeles wildfires spark insurance anxiety among victims

France 24

https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250112-los-angeles-wildfires-spark-insurance-anxiety-among-victims

January 11, 2025

California Fires: How human-caused climate change fueled Los Angeles wildfires – all we need to know

mint

https://www.livemint.com/science/news/how-climate-change-fueled-los-angeles-wildfires-what-you-need-to-know-11736497627444.html

January 11, 2025

Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire

The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/01/11/la-fires-unprepared-palisades-altadena-california/

January 10, 2025

Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump about water management

Politifact

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/jan/10/fact-check-los-angeles-fires-fuel-falsehoods-inclu/

January 10, 2025

LA Fires Renew Debate Over Prescribed Burns and Fire Preparedness in California

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/news/12021125/la-fires-renew-debate-over-prescribed-burns-and-fire-preparedness-in-california

January 10, 2025

Stanford experts on wildfire

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

https://woods.stanford.edu/sites/woods/files/media/file/stanford-experts-on-wildfires.pdf

January 10, 2025

Understanding wildfires

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/understanding-wildfires

January 10, 2025

California Burning: LA Fires, Climate Change, and Insurance Nightmares with Environmental Lawyer Debbie Sivas

Stanford Law School

https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-legal-podcast/california-burning-la-fires-climate-change-and-insurance-nightmares-with-environmental-lawyer-debbie-sivas/