California WildfiresNew California insurance rule will increase coverage in fire-prone areas Under a new insurance regulation that just got approved this week, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said homeowners should have an easier time buying fire insurance, even in fire-prone areas. De...
He also created new first-in-the-nation wildfire safety regulations and a Safer from Wildfires framework in partnership with Governor Newsom's administration, giving homeowners and businesses powerful new tools to protect our communities and create more insurance coverage." More from CBS News Califor...
SEE ALSO: California just had its hottest month on record, and that means more wildfires The air quality in the region around the fires -- whose spread has been enhanced by extreme heat parching the land -- is some of the worst in the world. "I decided to go out to the coast fo...
In Southern California, three major wildfires are currently burning: Bridge Fire, Airport Fire, and Line Fire. Bridge Fire: The Bridge Fire sparked Sunday, Sept. 8 in the San Gabriel Canyon. Evacuations are in place for homes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. About 20 homes in...
California is preventing market mechanisms (i.e. insurance) from fully operating to prevent construction in highly fire-prone areas There is a systematic and comprehensive lack of good quality information in general about what's going on with wildfires, includingthe cause of many of them!. This ...
"We will rebuild our homes, we will rebuild our town stronger, better, safer and more beautiful than ever," she told ABC News' "Start Here" podcast. Woolsey Fire The Woolsey Fire, which also started on Nov. 8, rapidly spread from Southern California's Ventura County to Los Angeles C...
Proponents of the measure say it will help the state better prepare for a changing climate and increasing threats of wildfires, water pollution and extreme heat. “Californians are taking charge, choosing to invest in climate solutions now to protect us from fires and floods, bu...
Second, interviewees cited prior experiences with wildfires as motivations to adopt. Those from adopting cities mentioned either frequent or significant wildfires which encouraged greater preparedness, with one explaining that there were “several fires over the years which follow a pretty, fairly remarkab...
Retail theft in California has become a bigger concern in recent years, to the point that the Californians for Safer Communities reported collecting more than 900,000 signatures in support ofProposition 47 reformon the November ballot. Proposition 47 was originally passed in 2014 and downgraded sever...
Jennifer Gray Thompson, the founder of the nonprofit After the Fire, which helps people decide if they should rebuild, said, "People who do decide to rebuild in a place like Paradise, they're often even safer than they were before the fire, because that place has already been burned." Fi...